An interesting point on Self-Defense ammo

A friend of mine was told, or I should say warned, in his CCW class that the kind of ammo you buy could make a difference in your trial should, Heaven forbid, you get involved in a tangle.

Oh, you didn't think you'd go to court? Yeah, guess again. Depending on where you live, it could be a mandate that there's a trial whenever there's a shooting. Where I live, the police department will choose whether to press charges or not, however, that's just where I live.

Back to the point...

The instructor of the class made the statement that a prosecuting attorney could and probably will ask you what type of training you've had, what kind of weapon you carry, and what kind of ammunition you have in it.

If you are a once-in-a-while range goer; and you took the requisite class and passed it for your license, while at the same time carrying standard off the shelf, nothing special ammunition, you won't "look" so much like a person who was hoping to have to defend yourself.

However, if you're at the range every week; you take tactical clinics several times a year and you carry the newest and messiest personal defense ammo from Hornady "Now with 1000% more brain smushing power"... guess what; you could be made to look like someone who was hoping to get in to a fight just so you could use all these tools and training.

Remember, the appearance of impropriety is enough to convict in some cases.

There's the "Hope versus Wish" philosophy in self-defense. Me, I'm of the "I hope nothing ever happens, I hope I never have to defend myself, I hope my bullets rust in the magazine before I'd ever have to draw it".

Then there's the "I wish someone would step up to me" mentality. If you are of that mind-set, please, do us all a favor and sell your guns right now. We don't want you around, nor are you a responsible gun owner. You will make the rest of us look bad and we don't want that.

I'm not saying don't carry, I'm not saying don't practice. I'm saying that there are about a million things that one must think about before starting down this road.