... it doesn't mean you'd beat a case with Hornady, Speer or anyone else. There are several additional arguments to get you convicted/sued.
Jury is also still out until a collection of court decisions based on that very fact could be culled into meaningful data... I truly would enjoy reading them.
A reason why..."show me the cases" isn't really dispositive here is because you don't get a written opinion from a trial judge in a criminal trial that's later published in various reporters, nor do you get a similar written report of the jury's thought process. Another reason why ..."show me the cases" isn't really dispositive here is because the "the prosecutor talked about the murder weapon having a Punisher skull/TiN bbl/Gadget/fiber optic sights" issue probably won't constitute grounds for an appeal and thus is unlikely to show up in case law....I'm aware of a case where a shooter inscribed a particular symbol into the wooden grip of his revolver. Did we ask the witness used to lay a foundation for that gun about that at trial? Yup. Is that an improper comment meant to do nothing more than inflame the jury? Nope, that's simply asking the witness to describe the weapon the jury later brought with them to the jury room. Did we comment on it during closing arguments? Yup. Was our objective to use that inscription to make the jury's decision to convict easier? Absolutely. Are you going to find in the case of State v. ****head, 123 S.W.3d 456 (2015) a paragraph from the Court of Appeals saying "yeah, it's totally cool to have a stupid carving in your revolver grip" or "no, don't carve dumb stuff into your revolver grip because that makes it automatically murder?" No, because that's not the issue that was appealed.
I hear you, and follow. How do they know its factory ammo if you used factory ammo cases and components?
I carry what I load and shoot at the range. I know the capability and reliability. Not going to pay for fancy packaging.
Stop the quest and get to living life. All pistols suck equally for self defense.
Not buying into scarry court room bull pucky either.
I wouldn't be that concerned over potential legal issues either...
It's not an issue right up until it is. I find it telling that those who are involved in the court system, criminal or civil, and have actual experience in this realm universally recommend against the practice. That means we're either all the ammo illuminati, tricking you into spending $18 on a box of 50 HST rounds OR there's a valid concern.
Most of you will never shoot anyone. It won't matter. Most of you will never find themselves in a depo with a lawyer looking at how big a check he can ring out of you on the other side. It won't matter. But somebody will.
It's not an issue right up until it is. I find it telling that those who are involved in the court system, criminal or civil, and have actual experience in this realm universally recommend against the practice. That means we're either all the ammo illuminati, tricking you into spending $18 on a box of 50 HST rounds OR there's a valid concern.
Most of you will never shoot anyone. It won't matter. Most of you will never find themselves in a depo with a lawyer looking at how big a check he can ring out of you on the other side. It won't matter. But somebody will.