jhalcott wrote:
IF the attorney's got ahold of one of THESE from some perp, the ballyhoo would be deafening! “Simply designed for MAXIMUM injury to MY POOR client!” This would (hopefully) be in a wrong full death trial of the shooter!
IF I was said shooter, they'd find more than ONE in the remains!
I hear ya !
These idiot, sensationalist lawyers and their mindless ilk....
Whether it be a hollow point, softpoint, SWC, WC, or RN.
All of which the police use with relish.
Any normal, thinking, rational individual has got to know and understand that puching a hole in a human with anything is going to create harm, pain and possibly death.
These same rational, normal, thinking individuals don't punch holes in other humans without a very good reason (protecting life, family, etc). 99% of us don't make a habit of plinking humans for sport.
It is unpleasant in the extreme, and our natural empathy and compassion compels us to refrain from the like but for the extreme circumstances.
The lawyer's reasoning is foolish, false, and agenda driven.
Stop the threat.. And if that means we don't ever have to fire, all the better, but when we DO have to bust a cap we want it to end NOW, then and there.
Spooky bullet? Yes. But nothing we're itching to use on each other.
Now if someone would develop a hand held 105mm....