Quote Originally Posted by BigBear View Post
Good point... the way I would see it. Bullets are designed to kill, whether hunting human or animal. Poison also kills. While it is accepted that bullets kill, the common arguement for self defense is to wound in order to cause the assailant to "cease and desist", not kill them. That's just an accepted happenstance when it happens. If one puts posion on top of a bullet might be considered overkill since it would be said you were intentionally TRYING to kill and thus premeditated? ... I don't know. Sounds good to me.
I was always told that you never shoot to wound. If you fear for your life (or a family member's, or someone else) and the situation is so serious that you have to use a gun, you use it for what it was intended for. If all you do is shoot to wound someone, you must not have been in such desperate straits that a firearm was necessary ("Excessive Force") and your butt is going to get sued big time. Personally, I don't want a live criminal who can sue me later. If they're doing something so serious that I am compelled to use a firearm to defend me or mine, I don't think trying to wound them would be appropriate.

I don't think poison would be necessary if you have proper shot placement.

Gun Control means never having to say you missed.