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Liberty, I agree with what you say. I used to reload my own ammo as well. But the one thing you cant predict is the ability of a silver tongue devil (lawyer) to twist it in front of jury. I get deposed frequently as an expert witness in my job. It amazes me to this day how a plantiffs attorney can twist the simplest and most innocent of details.

I agree it is more economical to reload yourself. I agree for the responsible reloader who gives his the better quality and accuracy. But, not using common over the counter preloaded ammo could and I emphasize could, be a great liablity.

Liberty you have a distrust of LE, I have one of lawyers and the courts. Both are due to personal experiences in each. I really have a major dislike of Plaintiff Personal Injury lawyers, I would not bother to urinate on one of them if they were on fire.

The law does state if in layman's terms that if you shoot and you were right, then no one can sue you. However while everyon agrees that the shooting itself was good, the point of having self defense loads is a different matter. IMNAL, thank God, but you can bet there is one out there who would make a case that you having rounds you loaded yourself. that were loaded above and beyond manufacture specs, you had intent, and you were negligent. THe law wont mean squat if he can effectively sell that to a jury. While in some areas of our state that would be a hard sell, in others it would not.

There are no laws that prevent you from carrying ammo you reload yourself. However, the liability issue is what you must worry about. While the shooting might be justified, if you load your rounds on the hot side, this will certainly come up in a civil trial. It would not be an issue in a criminal case unless a grand jury indicted you. But as long as the shooting itself is clean that wont be an issue.
IN a civil trial is a diffrent horse altogether.