« Reply #30 on: August 07, 2008, 01:39:48 PM »
You all need to read the "Tales from the mortuary" thread. The gist is that a lot of people shot with little calibers wind up dead, every one shot with a big caliber is stopped, unless you are an "Operator" of some sort your LEGAL objective is NOT dead, it is to make them STOP doing what made you shoot them in the first place. A small caliber is a murder weapon, you have no choice but to kill with it as it lacks any of the EFFECTIVE intimidation factors, Noise, Flash, or a honking big muzzle, or a significant FEELING of impact.some one fires at you with a full power .357 or .45 even a non life threatening injury will make you rethink your career choices. If some one shoots at you with a .22, you can take a FATAL hit, and not even realize they have a gun.
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