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- From: janeczko@csd630a.erim.org (Mike Janeczko)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: home protection concerns
- Message-ID: <JANECZKO.93Jan20222918@csd630a.erim.org>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 03:59:14 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: Environmental Research Institute of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- I recently bought a S&W model 686 (i.e. Stainless steel 6" .357) for both
- protection and hunting. I was talking with my father about loads to keep
- around the house for protection. He said definetly use factory loads. His
- reason was that if by chance you end up killing a perp. with a handloaded
- cartridge, the prosecuting lawyer might portray you using excessive force.
- His reasoning might be that necessary force could have been carried out
- with factory load (i.e. non-maximum loads). This also got me thinking about
- the caliber of the gun also being considered as excessive force? Has there
- been any cases involving this?
-
- Another point my father made that I guess makes sense is that when loading a
- clip (doesn't apply in my case, at least not yet :-) you should
- "fingerprint-proof" your bullets. This can be done by loading the clip with a
- glove on or use a towel when loading. This gives one less piece of evidence
- tieing you to the gun. It may not help, but why give the prosecutor any kind
- of edge.
-
- Does anyone else have any other tips? Or comments on what I stated?
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