I did a bit more research, and it seems that New Jersey is the only state that currently bans in a weird way the possession in most public places of hollowpoint ammunition. I lack the patience to summarise just how goofed up is New Jersey on the subject. Google it if you wish to know more about it.
I liked what “Bugs” had to say about the law and presumption of innocence on the part of the person who has been shot and is “the guy laying in the pool of blood”. This protects all of us, even if it can be rough on the actual victim who had to shoot in self defense. “Bugs” said it very well.
As for what “Chuck Pelto” and “J P” said about shooting to kill, well, it often happens that a well placed series of shots with decent ammunition to the centre mass or of course to the head if needed will kill, even though that is not the point of clearly and immediately stopping an attack on your life and safety or on the life and safety of a loved one or even of a stranger. Obviously, this does as a side effect prevent the stinking turd from trying to screw you over again, this time in a courtroom, for not being a good little victim. If the family of the dead thug tried to sue, it seems it’d be damn well justice to countersue that greedy bloodsucking family for having knowingly or negligently raised, harbored, aided and/or abetted a violent thug. That’s all I have to say on that, as Forrest Gump would have it.
