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In reply to the discussion: I am done being sick to my stomach [View all]Cheezoholic
(2,006 posts)No reason for hollow points for self defense. You got time to put hollow points into someone you got time to unload a straight up 9mm jacket clip. Self defense is about removing the threat. If you hunt you don't use hollow points unless your a shitty shot and want deer chili. I took a .223 in the thigh into my femur in a hunting "accident" when I was 17. I was on the ground in a millisecond. If that would've been a hollow point I'd have 1 leg, if I lived. The argument that one needs the most lethal ammunition to defend oneself is ridiculous. When in that position you either get the first shot off or you don't. Standard ammo, especially modern ammo, is more than enough to knock someone on their ass if your the first to respond. You don't take a bazooka to kill a mosquito. It makes no sense and there is no proof that a hollow point makes you more safe than standard ammo. Self protection scenario studies have never shown that the more lethal ammo the victim has saves there lives anymore than standard ammo.