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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

I've been a pretty active shooting enthusiast for pretty much my entire life. Hunting, formal match shooting, just plain old plinking. I've more or less paid attention to the myriad of issues surrounding my sport for this entire time. I may very well have missed it, but I am honestly not aware of anyone having ever accidentally shot a neighbor as the result of "over penetration" in a defensive shooting. Yes, it absolutely could happen, I understand that. I have just never seen a documented case.

All of the issues that I've heard of where a neighbors house was shot (whether someone inside was killed or not, was due to either a drive-by (doesn't really count) OR a negligent discharge by someone who is "cleaning" the gun or whatever that then discharges a round that does places that they wouldn't have wanted it to go.

But that's a whole different kettle of fish. Yes, if you don't shoot someone, then the bullet is likely to go farther, faster and end up places that you didn't intend. But if you're planning for that sort of thing, maybe you shouldn't have a gun.