Yes or no. I know you can't have them on your possesion unless it's to or from a range, and you can have them in your home. But what's the black and white here? I had a LEO tell me they where just plain illegal. Can I buy them and keep them at home for home protection? I mean I hope that it never comes down to using my gun for protection, but if I do I'd rather the ammo stay put rather than pass through.

Well, i dunno about all that NJ mind ctrl stuff but, I'd take it to the range and see if your pistol would cycle reliably & safely, with whatever chosen ammo you'd use. That's just a given.

Here is a link for the NJ Law's on Hollowpoints. http://www.state.nj.us/njsp/about/fire_hollow.html

 

They are perfectlr legal to own in NJ. They become illegal when used in the commission of a crime.

 

Below is a link to a NJ Legislative statement that clarifies the issue.

http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/A3500/3075_I1.HTM

 

Please keep in mind that when using HP's for self defense in the home, you need to pick the brand and style appropriately. Prosecutors can have a field day with you if you have chosen something like a Black Talon or something designed to shred a man into a bloody puree".

 

Stick to something like Federal Personal Defense Rounds. Some of the ammo is now jacketed over the hollow-point with a scored front profile. This allows penetration through heavy clothing and then expands when hitting more dense tissue.

 

Just NJ we're dealing with here.

Prosecutors can have a field day with you if you have chosen something like a Black Talon or something designed to shred a man into a bloody puree".

 

I hear this quite a lot and I was reading about this exact subject. You're talking about "malicious intent" here and while it sounds evil to use hollow points the argument is deflected quite deftly when it is pointed out that police use hollow points specifically to reduce ricochet and over penetration. If the prosecution starts to argue about the size of wound channels and percentages of fragmentation etc for different types of hollow points they've lost the argument. They simply don't go there, it's a loser.

 

 

All that said, I found this amusing. Sort of anti-gun but eh, it's pretty funny. http://www.theonion.com/content/video/m ... llow_point

 

Filmed in front of Bullet Hole with the sign photoshopped.

quote:

"If I wanted to kill someone without destroying the body, I'd use a hammer"

 

Also offering discounts on inferno bullets. heh.