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- From: gary%ke4zv.uucp@mathcs.emory.edu (Gary Coffman)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: home protection concerns
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.174414.22454@ke4zv.uucp>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 21:50:23 GMT
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- In article <JANECZKO.93Jan20222918@csd630a.erim.org> janeczko@csd630a.erim.org (Mike Janeczko) writes:
- #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?
-
- There's a lot of talk about this subject. My cut is that in a deadly
- force situation, and *any* situation involving a firearm, even a 25ACP,
- is a deadly force situation, there is no such thing as excessive force
- with any civilian weapon. It *might* be argued that using a 105mm
- howitzer was excessive force *if* it could be shown that you had a
- less powerful alternative ready at hand. But, the fact of the matter
- is that you are expected to use *what you have at hand* at the time
- of the need for exercising deadly force. If that's a .454 Casull
- with triplex handloads, so be it.
-
- #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.
-
- This, on the other hand, is a very bad idea. *If* the prosecutor can
- prove that you delibrately tried to hide your fingerprints, this is a
- serious point against you since it shows your *premeditated* intent to
- obstruct the police in any possible investigation.
-
- Gary
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