With all the talk in past posts about being punished for your bullet passing through the criminal and hitting an innocent person, I have been thinking about taking a step back in what ammo I use. I carry a 4 inch .38 special. I was carrying .38+P Winchester Silvertips 125gr in the gun and two more speedloaders for backup and .38+P Corbons for backup backup in my pocket. I want to have the best effect possible on any scumbag I may have to shoot. Over the past couple of days however, I have changed the ammo in my gun to regular .38 Special Winchester Lead Round Nose 150gr for fear of the meaner and hotter bullets overpenetrating and carrying the .38+P Silvertips for backup. Any thoughts of carrying my .357 magnum Highway Patrolman are out of the question. .357s will definatly go through the criminal.
What do you (especially you LEOs with experience) think about this? I don't want to get sued or get punished for defending myself but at the same time I don't want to take a chance that a weaker bullet won't stop the scumbag. I may have hotter loads for backup but realistically you likely won't get another chance to reload and shoot the guy.
What do you (especially you LEOs with experience) think about this? I don't want to get sued or get punished for defending myself but at the same time I don't want to take a chance that a weaker bullet won't stop the scumbag. I may have hotter loads for backup but realistically you likely won't get another chance to reload and shoot the guy.