No offense to your BIL, but he is wrong.
The Judge you spoke with is an idiot! My brother-in-law is a chief DA in Philly. (Where JHP's are illegal, I found this out on a visit form Florida.) He didn't have a problem with the JHP's, he just told me not shoot anyone with them. He thinks it's great that there are concealed carry laws. In some cases he feel it makes his job at prosicuting them easier because they can't testify. He told me it doesn't matter how many rounds the gun can hold, just how many rounds were fired and where did they go. The next time I visited Philly I changed my ammo to EFMJ, there not JHP's
I recently moved from PA to CT, and there is no law concerning JHP in PA. In fact, I would hazard that JHP's are carried nearly universally by both permit holders and law enforcement alike. I was a law enforcement officer in a metro PD, and there was no limit on ammunition types (barring Teflon coated).
The state of PA has a Preemption Clause and denies all counties, municipalities and townships from regulating the ownership, possession, transfer or transportation of firearms or ammunition. The wording is thus:
18 PA.C.S. § 6120 states, "No county, municipality or township may in any manner regulate the lawful ownership, possession, transfer or transportation of firearms, ammunition or ammunition components when carried or transported for purposes not prohibited by the laws of this Commonwealth."
Unfortunately, a lazy DA can cause a lot of trouble within a municipality. It is common for the Da's office to submit memos to local law enforcement officers regarding new, out-dated, or confusing laws. Can you imagine a Chief District Attorney like Farglov's brother in law issuing a memo containing the information that he erroneously gave Farglov? After a few successful lawsuits, up go the property taxes to pay for judgements. Before commenting on any law, look it up. Even lowly patrol officers like myself had an easily referenced book of PA criminal codes in the car.
Therefore, Farglov, next time you are in Philly, carry the rounds that YOU think will protect your person and your family best.
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