The only way keeping them compressed will wear on them is if they are over-compressed, past their elastic limit, and this is generally not possible to do based on follower designs (the legs on the follower prevents the spring from being compressed too far).
I have to agree with you there - unless you survive the attack (problem 1), there's no point in arguing about legal aftermath (problem 2) - you use what you have on hand to defend yourself.
melensdad,
if you go back and read the links I posted, your "in the home" situation actually has issues too. Unethical lawyers will use a light trigger pull to try to get a charge of manslaughter (unintentional discharge), which counts as an 'accident' and thus in civil court they can go after...
Disposable Heart,
I've not had a chance to verify any of the cases, but Massad Ayoob posted a response to a similar question over on XDtalk citing several - link to his post.
XD Trigger work and CCW - Page 8 - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!
Mas also comments in a long...
Got a Henry Survival 22 rifle (the take down rifle) that ended up being too finicky to be a good plinker - even with quality ammo (CCI Minimags). To frustrating to use, to complicated to clean regularly (the manual suggests submerging the entire action in oil for cleaning because taking it...
After action report:
Hi all, I followed Fenway over here from GetOffTheX.com, and seeing familiar names (Hi Kirk!), figured I might register and answer Dave's question. I was at Tactical Response's "The Fight" force-on-force course this past weekend and got a huge eye-opening experience out of...