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No, on the contrary; if you are risk-averse, it's a very GOOD idea to use less-than-lethal loads for HOME DEFENSE, IF you don't subscribe to the "kill them so they can't testify" school of thought. If you'd be justified in using a lethal load, then you're STILL justified in using a less-than-lethal loads, and you're many times less likely to be made civilly and criminally responsible by doing this, due to the decreased liklihood of serious injury and death. And if you're NOT justified in using deadly force, or it's a marginal call, or you're in an anti-gun jurisdiction, then you're FAR better off both civilly and criminally using less-than-lethal loads. Now, all of the above must be weighed against the EFFECTIVENESS of the load for what you're trying to accomplish (stopping aggression; making a VTA high-tail it out of there)
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