Lawman said:
Also, Xmid, your gonna want to never ever shoot anyone with a handload. Theres nothing that will effect you as far as the right or wrong of a shoot in criminal court but it can get you crucified in civil court. If there is a manufactured version of the rounds/shells your using get them and use them. Better safe then broke and paying his babys mama after the fact.
You bring up an excellent point and I will definitely look in to getting some of the commercially produced ones. The main reason I have the handloads now is because they are cheap. And while I fully understand that this can be an issue in civil court, I don't understand the logic behind it and this may be yet another example of trying to legislate from the bench. I mean if my security has been breached in such a way that I am warranted the use of deadly force under the law, then why should it matter what I am using? Say someone attacks me and I pull a baseball bat on him, why should it matter whether I bought that bat at Sports Authority or my grandpa made it for me when I was a little boy? Its the same logic.
Its almost like the lawsuit I heard about a while back where a dirt bags family tried to sue a cop because he used a .45 caliber pistol. The officers in his department were given the option of 9mm, .40 cal, or .45 caliber service pistols. The officer that was involved in what ultimately was a "good shoot" used a .45 and the family claimed he was using more pistol than was needed. They said that the .45 was a round meant to kill, instead of just stopping the assailant.
I appreciate the reminder Lawman, I just think its a load of Bull that thats the way it is.