Wax bullets

[JeffD 0]

http://www.gunfighter.com/waxbullets/

For home defense. I'm thinking these could serve two purposes. Noise, flash, pain as a scare tactic to get the intruder to leave. Since it is a 'gun' would it still be lethal force? Or be similar to chasing them off with a paintball gun.

[akarunway 1]

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http://www.gunfighter.com/waxbullets/

For home defense. I'm thinking these could serve two purposes. Noise, flash, pain as a scare tactic to get the intruder to leave. Since it is a 'gun' would it still be lethal force? Or be similar to chasing them off with a paintball gun.

Gimme a break. Sheesh. Guns are meant to kill don't ya know.

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[JeffD 0]

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Guns are meant to kill don't ya know.

Not all guns, and not all people 'mean to kill.'

[akarunway 1]

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Guns are meant to kill don't ya know.

Not all guns, and not all people 'mean to kill.'

I prefer paper targets myself. But all my friends and neighbors know I'm "Locked and Loaded" at all times.

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[LouDiamond 1]

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http://www.gunfighter.com/waxbullets/

For home defense. I'm thinking these could serve two purposes. Noise, flash, pain as a scare tactic to get the intruder to leave. Since it is a 'gun' would it still be lethal force? Or be similar to chasing them off with a paintball gun.

Something we've used for years when we go "force on force" during training is called Simunitions FX. They hurt like all living hell when you get shot with them and its still possible to cause harm to life/eyesight/limb, there is no such thing a non lethal alternative, guns are made to shoot and kill people or animals.

Personally, I think if someone broke into your house and you shot them with a wax bullet and they realized it, they would be more inclined to stay and cause you harm for causing them pain. Don't expect all criminals to think like the rest of society.

There is a passage from the movie Grindhouse that I found to be absolutely spot on that sums up why most people own guns instead of "other" alternatives, plus I think its a funny passage.
From the movie Grindhouse:
Lee: You carry a gun?
Kim: Uh-Huh.
Lee: Do you have a license to carry it?
Kim: Yeah, when I became a secret service agent, they gave me a license.
Lee: Oh, I didn't know you were... Ok. I didn't say it. Stop looking at me. I didn't say it. God! Did you know Kim carried a gun?
Abernathy: Yes. Yeah. Do I approve? No. Do I know? Yes.
Kim: I don't know what futuristic utopia you live in, but in the world I live in, a bitch need a gun.
Abernathy: You can't get around the fact that people who carry guns, tend to get shot more than people who don't.
Kim: And you can't get around the fact that if I go down to the laundry room in my building at midnight enough times, I might get my ass raped!
Lee: Don't do your laundry at midnight.
Kim: Fuck that! I wanna do my laundry whenever the fuck I want to do my laundry.
Abernathy: There are other things you can carry other then a gun. Pepper spray.
Kim: Uh, muthafucka tryin to rape me, I don't want to give him a skin rash. I wanna shot that nigga down!
Abernathy: How about a knife at least.
Kim: Yeah, you know what happens to muthafuckas who carry knives. They get shot! Look, if I ever become a famous actress, I won't carry a gun. I'll hire me a dude dirt nigga and he'll carry the gun, and when shit goes down, I'll sit back and laugh, but until that day, it's wild west muthafucka!

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[quade 4]

If you're actually buying a gun for real life self defense, to me it makes no sense whatsoever to use anything that isn't going to absolutely, 100% stop the assailant.

I would say that paintball guns and wax bullets put you in more danger, not less.

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[nanook 1]

Simunition! fun(ouch) times!! My baptism into the pain started with me playing the bad guy(with a 9mm against my shipmates with M16s). Those bastards did not have to empty their whole magazines on me. Thanks guys!! Despite all that, I had more fun than pain even though I had to convince my wife that I was not coming down with the ringworm.

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[warpedskydiver 0]

Just remember, head shots will result in team member holding the offender by the arms while the person who was shot in the head fires one into the offenders groin