[jriera]

For home get a .12 Mossberg, 2 rubber bullets, 2 '00' and 2 'flechette', the 'unique' sound of loading the Mossberg will deter quite a lot of bad guys.

For carry, if your intention is to 'avoid' lawsuits get a 5" .45, your choice between hydrashock, black talon, ranger talon, aguila iq ammo.


If you prefer a revolver get a .38 SPL (Lady Smith is a good choice) same ammo applies.

Be careful with 'big' calibers.. while a .357 or a .44 may seem an ideal caliber for self defense (and it is) the noise will not allow you to be as effective as you should be in enclosed environments (i.e. home).

Remember guns don't kill people, people kill people. I have been around guns for long time, I design and build my competition guns, I train police on gun safety and CBQ, I practice 100 rounds a day .. I never carry a gun, I'm not ready to shoot anybody.