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Originally Posted by Por_sha911
There is a difference between shooting a lean and athletic deer at 25 yards and shooting an punk perp at 5 yards. Everything has a purpose and a limitation. To say a .380 has no defensive value at 3-7 yards because it can't kill a mullie at 25 yards is apples and oranges. I normally carry 9mm +P but there is a time and a place for the .380.
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I couldn't agree more. That is, however, my only personal experience. Oh - and that lean, mean mulie has likely not been shooting meth all day. The drugs are a
huge factor in "bullet resistance". I hope I never have to shoot that punk perp... flying on meth... he won't even feel it. You have to actually disable some vital system to make him stop. Pain won't do it. He won't notice. These little pea shooters are largely, and quite demonstrably, incapable of doing that.
That said, that is only one point of reference I offered. The others are probably more valid with regards to shooting that punk perp, but they are not my own. As Muldar used to say, "the truth is out there". I referenced several sources for that "truth". Readily available surveillance camera footage of actual real life defensive shootings. Watch some - they succeeded in pretty much scaring me into changing my mind with regards to what I would ever consider as a defensive sidearm. Add to that the afore mentioned difficulties encountered by many European police agencies that had adopted (and subsequently abandoned) the .380 in
full size guns, and I am convinced they are entirely inadequate. That Bic lighter might actually be better...