Gunner Asch wrote:

Even with JHPs...they will quite often tear out a big...big chunk of
meat as they pass through and can harm another. Yet...few cops and
even fewer citizens who manage such a thing..are ever charged or even
sued.

Can you tell me why?


Sure. A death or injury resulting from a lawful act with no showing of
negligence is neither a tort nor a crime. Self defense, or defense of
others, is a lawful, even meritorious, act.

For a defender, the choice is to stop the on-going attack or allow the
attack to continue out of the fear that a baby sleeping in its crib a block
away may be collateral damage.

In my view, taking into account what's beyond your target is ridiculous and
takes time away from the issue at hand.