re non lethal alternatives to handguns iftccu talk politics guns steiner jupiter ca boeing com am apr douglas craig holland holland cs colostate edu writes lostsa crap deleted trim your articles what about guns with non lethal bullets like rubber or plastic bullets would those work very well in stopping an attack last i heard non lethal was a bit of a misnomer for these things also you need to consider our legal system since any of these things can be lethal you are going to have a hard time explaining why you applied lethal force when you didn t think it was necessary if you thought lethal force was necessary you wouldn t be using rubber bullets would you ouch if you are justified in shooting them at all you are justified in using the best self defense ammunition you can get your hands on it might actually improve the legal outcome this is why hollow points hold up in court they are safer for you safer for innocent by standers don t as a rule go through the perp and actually safer for the perp if you are using military hard ball you may have to shoot him many times where one or two hollow points might stop him and do the job as a rule the fewer wound channels the better the chance for his surviving the incident rick
