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Article #7975Re: home protection concerns
From: Dave Williams
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:09
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:09
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-> guns is the A-team or McGuiver, and a prosecuter gratefull for any
-> help you so give him in painting a picture of a reckless or
-> bloodthirsty defendant. If you know of a police department that
-> issues ammo you like, choose that ammo, and give their choice of it
-> as your reason.
Massad Ayoob recommends factory ammo instead of reloads for the same
basic reason. It's one of the few areas where I respectfully disagree.
"Mr. Williams, isn't it true you loaded that ammunition for the express
purpose of murdering defenseless citizens?"
"Nope. Is it true you expose yourself in the men's room?"
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"For what purpose DID you load that ammunition?"
"I like to shoot, and I'm not a prosecutor with money rolling out his
ears, so I buy the pieces-parts and load up my own. Did you know a
box of .45s costs $17.95 at Wal-Mart? My reloads cost $4.50 per box."
You can reel off a few yards of that and cut it to fit. Any reasonably
competent defense attorney ought to be able to turn your handloads into
an advantage instead of a liability, assuming the prosecutor was foolish
enough to bring it up. Frankly, I don't believe anyone would even
notice what the gun was loaded with, much less examine the cases for
microscopic signs of having been resized in a die.
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