Corpral_Agarn
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Yesterday I am waiting for my private lesson to arrive and I am helping a customer interested in buying a gun.
He pops out with "I stick to 380 and 9mm because anything bigger, if you end up using it, will land you in jail."
I respond: ?????? "sorry, what? how do you figure that?"
"Well in court, they are going to want to know why you used such a powerful gun. Overkill."
"Interesting idea, but I doubt that's true as a rule. If a shooting is ruled justified, it probably doesn't matter."
"I'm telling you, I know what I'm talking about."
"Okay. Do you have any examples or cases where this where the caliber was used to overturn a justified shooting?"
"I'm telling you..."
Eventually, he shortened up his absolute to "you will have to answer more questions". I didn't know what to do with that, so I excused myself and passed him off to a retail staff member.
Where does this nonsense get started?
And does anyone know of a case where the caliber of the handgun was called into question as evidence of "overkill"?
Is "overkill" even a legal argument?
He pops out with "I stick to 380 and 9mm because anything bigger, if you end up using it, will land you in jail."
I respond: ?????? "sorry, what? how do you figure that?"
"Well in court, they are going to want to know why you used such a powerful gun. Overkill."
"Interesting idea, but I doubt that's true as a rule. If a shooting is ruled justified, it probably doesn't matter."
"I'm telling you, I know what I'm talking about."
"Okay. Do you have any examples or cases where this where the caliber was used to overturn a justified shooting?"
"I'm telling you..."
Eventually, he shortened up his absolute to "you will have to answer more questions". I didn't know what to do with that, so I excused myself and passed him off to a retail staff member.
Where does this nonsense get started?
And does anyone know of a case where the caliber of the handgun was called into question as evidence of "overkill"?
Is "overkill" even a legal argument?