Christcorp, Come to Ohio to find ammo right now. It's not as easy as you think. If some comes in the store in the am, it's gone by afternoon. We have hoarders over here, HOARDERS I SAY !!!!!
I'm not so much handload vs commercial, I'm more in the boat, shoot what you have. I would rather have ammo in my guns, then, not because I couldn't find, or afford what was available.
My only argument with " the lawyers will take you apart for using super duper cop killer handloads", is I load, using manuals. And I imagine that most people load with common sense, or you won't keep your firearm in one piece for long.
If, God forbid, I would have to discharge my weapon in the direction of another Human Being, and I am left standing, I'll worry about the ethics of using handloads, while I breath in, and out. Also, any forensics lab could take apart, and test bullets, powder, and powder weight, and match it with existing data. Beside, with the .44Magnum Alaskan, I DOWNLOAD to .44Special volocities, or slightly above in the +P range.