Here in Texas you are unlikely to be sued for a good shoot... at least if we believe history teaches us anything. Maybe in New Jersey... but not in the majority of the country.
In teaching the CHL course, I find from time to time, I have to "un-teach" some of Ayoobs misinformation.
Now Ayoob, may have valid information for a particular jurisdiction, but passing it out as gospel for the whole country is a disservice to the average CHL holder. Most of the odd ball stuff Ayoob comes up with is from New York, New Jersey etc.
As a generalization, I would say most CHL holders fail to shoot when they should rather than shoot when they shouldn't. Such a failure can get you very dead... of course you also have to be sure you meet the basic tests for shooting before engaging.
We teach students to decide what their personal "rules of engagement" are and how they will be implemented in advance. Then they don't have to think about it and sort out what they think appropriate while under pressure.
If you have a good shoot, what you used is really not an issue... there is only one standard... that is deadly force... or not deadly force. The force you use is one or the other... and a 5lb trigger is just as much deadly force as a 3lb trigger. The only time I could see the trigger being an issue is if you were involved in an accidental shooting (a very bad thing btw.)
Bottom line is if you have a reliable gun that operates safely I would not much worry about the trigger.
Anyway, that is my spin on the issue... others obviously have different opinions.
FWIW
Chuck
cwt33 wrote:Thanks for the replys. I feel fine with it. I was thinking more along the lines of it being a legal issue. Say someone try to rob me and I had to use it to to protect myself. In the court room Im sure a lawyer would love to eat that up.