Originally Posted by
OMD
AGAIN, you need to educate yourself on the modern problems that develop in the court room after a self-defense discharge.
If I am not mistaken Jake'sDad is a retired LEO and I am sure he knows a thing or two about the aftermath of self defense shootings in court. I am also a LEO and I can tell you in a good shoot it does not matter that much what you used or how you modified the gun. When that stuff matters is in a bad shoot. Meaning you missed the target (badguy) and hit an innocent. People make a lot out of what can happen in court. The only time I saw a DA try to make an issue of it was when the defendant owned a lot of firearms. She looked over to me (I was the case officer sitting next to her) and asked about making a big deal about him owning an arsenal. I told her I own far more firearms than the defendant did and it would not go well to use that line of attack. I also know of another case where a preacher shot two burglars in the back as they ran away. (bad shoot) The DA tried to make a issue of the defendant upping his CCW permit from a .38 revolver to a .44 mag revolver. That argument did not fly and the defendant was aquitted. The reason he was aquitted in my opinion was people in the area were tired of the two suspects burglarizing their homes. I have never seen or heard of a case where handloads were an issue, or removing a safety feature etc.
Pat
Serving as a LEO since 1999.
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