Hi all,
I am sorry for the delay in responding to this thread and I don't mean
to resurrect its mostly dead state, but, since I was able to put
together a test case, it seemed reasonable to put it forward.
I was reading the large number of comments about the shotgun being too
unwieldy to be
An interesting subject, and not one I usually expect from my learned
colleagues of the Bar. But, if Professor V allows it, excellent,
because I think I know more about handling guns than handling legal
treatises on constitutional law.
I see that the consensus seems to be that handguns are
Good point Charles!
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[mailto:firearmsregprof-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Charles Curley
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 3:57 PM
To: firearmsregprof@lists.ucla.edu
Subject: Re: Shotguns as recommended for self-defense
Portions of these 2 Heller briefs deal with the handgun as home defensive
firearms choices.
2008 WL 405576 (Appellate Brief) Brief of the International Law Enforcement
Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA), the International Association of
Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors (IALEFI),
None of the responders mentioned the risk of liability on injury to
innocents from handgun rounds penetration and range compared to
shotguns.
Also, the shotgun should have a superior hit probability to the
handgun for those with limited experience. In fact on this list has
been a report
Unfortunately, Eugene, the shotgun idea is the result of ignorance by gun
owners as well as the general populace. Many in both groups believe the
nonsense that an 18 inch (shortest legal length) barreled shotgun will fill a
hallway with lead. Simply FALSE. The pattern of shotgun pellets
I have many of my books packed up as a result of a recent move of my
study - but of the books I'd consult first would be some by Massad Ayoob
such as StressFire II - Advanced Combat Shotgun which has the blurb
