Re: Survey - Twice As Many Now Packin' Heat Since Biden/Defund

[J D Young]

On 26 Nov 2022, "26C.Z969" <26C....@noaada.net> posted some
news:xtydnaA65O3knR7-...@earthlink.com:

> https://www.foxnews.com/us/handgun-owners-carrying-daily-us-doubled-4-y
> ears-self-protection-cited-main-reason-study
>
> Handgun owners carrying daily in US doubled in 4 years;
> self-protection cited as main reason
>
> The number of respondents to the online survey who said
> they had carried a gun in the last month also nearly
> doubled from 9 million to 16 million in 2015
>
> . . .
>
> And that's just the people who'd respond to
> a survey (imho, don't) ........
>
> Face it, NOBODY feels safe with the Defund wokies
> in charge - and the daily news fully supports
> their paranoia.
>
> On the whole, permit-holders are very safe bets.
> Never "perfect" (what is ?) but pretty damned safe.
>
> However I've also seen surveys on what KIND of
> guns are carried. Males tend to go heavily
> towards "hand cannons" - .45-auto and above
> though 9mm Para's are probably THE most popular
> just for practical reasons. Most females can't
> cope with weapons of that size and recoil. They
> tend towards .380's instead.
>
> What is "better" ??? Well, "That Depends".
>
> IF you are the kind who stays cool in a crisis
> then there's really not much self-defense diff.
>
> A woman I knew fell into bad health and felt the
> need to carry heat, just in case. Her hubbie first
> tried to sell her on a Commander, then .357, but
> those were Too Much (she wasn't super-big and,
> due to health, not super-strong). She WAS the
> kind to be cool in a crisis though.
>
> So, I made an "unusual" suggestion - an old S&W
> Chief's Special snubby (.38 spl) and target
> wad-cutters as ammo. No, you do NOT want to be
> shot with those square-ended lead wadcutters !
> That'd hurt in the extreme and make a blood-
> spurting mess !
>
> THIS she absolutely loved. The ultimate impact
> was kinda like a warm .380, but the DA revolver
> package didn't have to be cocked, no safety to
> worry about - always ready and reliable , not
> much recoil. Her health is better now, but she
> still carries that little revolver "just in case".
>
> They call 'em "equalizers" for a reason.
>
> The lesson is that "self defense" doesn't necessarily
> require something that'd put down a buffalo. IF you
> can point at the center of mass and fire you can get
> by with something much less aggressive and won't need
> to "spray and pray". On the whole, .380s, even .32s,
> are pretty damned good for self defense. Nobody wants
> to get shot - and even those "mild" cartridges will
> HURT LIKE HELL and make a MESS. No street perp is gonna
> carry on - he'll RUN to the nearest medical facility,
> assuming he doesn't drop dead en-route.
>
> Oh, and yer .454 might blow a perp nearly in half
> but it'll also go through the wall, or two walls,
> and kill anybody standing there too. There used to
> be "frangible" bullets ... but I'm not sure if those
> are easy to get anymore.

Fuck the frangible crap. Point aim and fire. Collateral damage happens.