If you ever find yourself in a life-or-death situation and you aim to wound you will be sued and you could lose big regardless of what the bad guy was up to. Why? Because his attorney will say that you did not need to use deadly force, since his client is still alive and now crippled or disabled. His attorney will say that you deliberately intended to punish, even torture his client and so you used less-than-deadly force. If deadly force had been necessary because you really and truly feared for your life or the life of another you never would have used rubber bullets (or aimed to wound).

I know that no one wants to take a life but what I stated above pretty well tells it like it is in the real world.

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I think yiou can find some rubber bullets if you look online or ask your local gun shop.

Good Luck!

First, yes, you can get rubber buckshot or other non-lethal ammunition online easily. But it will KILL somebody at close range if it hits them somewhere vital.

Second, if you are in a situation where you had to use a firearm for self defense, you need to realize that you are using a lethal weapon. The courts really aren’t going to care if you used buckshot or a beanbag round if the end result is the person is dead. So the lawsuit, assuming it gets that far, will be the same.

Third, if you are in a situation where you have to use a firearm to defend yourself, you do NOT aim for the leg, or the hand, or anything else. You are trying to stop a threat to yourself or others. You need to either be ready to stop that threat by whatever means you can, or be ready to let that person do whatever it is they are trying to do to you. There is no middle ground here. Either you are going to use lethal force or you are not. If you are not willing to do so, then you really shouldn’t be considering using a firearm.

Finally, most places here in the US don’t require that you use your hands to fight somebody coming at you with their hands. That is just the kind of stupidity you find on the net. All that you have to prove is that a typical, reasonable person in your situation would have felt threatened or feared for their safety, or the safety of others. That’s it. If somebody breaks into your house at night, and you blow him away, the only threshhold you need to meet is that of a reasonable person fearing for their safety. It doesn’t matter if he was armed or not. If there was a reasonable chance in your mind that he might harm you or your family, too bad, so sad for the bad guy.

Based on your post, I really don’t think that you are mentally ready for a shotgun. Especially not for self defense. If you insist on getting one, do us all a favor and take some firearms safety classes at your local range first. It really sounds like you need them. I am not trying to be insulting here, just stating my opinion

if you think that there is even a remote glimmer of an idea that attempting to shoot him in the led is a good idea you need to seriously rethink your self defense measures

the mere act of pulling a gun is assault with a deadly weapon and a chargeable offense if he use of deadly force is not justified

if you use a gun for defense there is a real chance that someone will die
if you try to get cute with your ammo choices the possibility of it being you is greatly magnified

police do not use these round when being attacked or for self defense and only after they have had adequate time to assess the situation and have back up standing by

if you think that you will have any where near that kinda of time or back up you are living in a dream world

When it comes to self defense one can only legally fire when ones life is in danger! Some states do have castle doctrine, as well as other laws on the books and you need to know these before you think about using your firearm as a defensive tool or take your chances with the law.

The problem arises with rubber buckshot or any gimmick load is for you to legally fire you have to be in fear of your life, but you have chosen a round you believe is less than lethal. If you were to fire the prosecutor will ask why when faced with grave bodily harm or death did you use a rubber buckshot.

As for an unarmed aggressor attacking you while holding a firearm; you should very well believe the unarmed attacker has every intention of taking that firearm away from you and using it on you. You then have every right, as long as your legally eligible to have the firearm where your at, in defending yourself.

You really to rethink why you want a firearm. You seem to be more of "I hope this will scare them away" group, than I’ll do everything to defend myself group. Maciavelli wrote, "Never do your enemy a minor harm."