Ask seven different experts on the type of carry firearm they would advise you to purchase, and you will get seven different answers, as answers are biased.
In this dangerous Age of Obama, as Gabrielle Giffords highlights, it doesn't do one much protection to have an expensive Glock at home when your murderer has his expensive Glock loaded, even with bullets which bounce off liberals.
Odd is it not that, Loughner's "trial" will be two years from now when everyone has forgotten such things as second shooters delaying ambulances and bouncing rubber bullets. Who knows in this trigger man might just have an accident as so many do in suffocating under his pillow.
In any defensive situation, the mistake has already been made by you in not checking your location first which got you into trouble in the first place. You should always from parking a car to entering a building train yourself to assess, "What would happen if a terrorist started exploding or shooting things here, would this be the position I would like my car parked in to escape?"
People never think of their homes, their doors or their windows in firefight terms, yet they should just walk through and note where would be lethal attack positions against you and where are positions that you might have a couch placed to hide behind as you wait with your firearm in 911 rescue to never show up until you are raped or murdered.
In that, the majority of crime is due to people exposing themselves, their cars and their homes to a red light beacon to any criminal saying, "Come and get me".
Ask yourself if Gabrielle Giffords would have decreased her odds in appearing at a National Guard Armory, Dupniks deputy deposit or a Gun Show event, instead of soccer mom central at Safeway, in an exposed position.
Maybe there is a reason unless it is a suicide event like Fort Hood that terrorists do not attack places where numbers of armed Citizens are.
I believe in the Major Boddicker KISS or Keep It Simple Stupid. One person, one gun and one brand of ammunition is the best familiarity any person can have.
I have heard the new buzz about expensive guns for women, and then having them buy a same expensive gun in 22 caliber to practice with, and I find it utter nonsense.
As I have noted in Gabrielle Giffords, there is a reason the US military special forces do not shoot the 9 mm, as it fails. That Glock jammed as all semi autos do, and is reason I do not own semi auto firearms for defense. They will let you down when you need them most.
The best firearm load and firearm were the 38 special 158 grain semi wadcutter loads, aka, the FBI load as it was known long ago. That combination provided the FBI and law enforcement one shot and one stop on numerous incidents, even surpassing the Dirty Harry 44 magnum.
In one firearm for one woman, the fact is that the 38 can be had in light loads which are not that difficult for anyone to recreational practice with as in the "cowboy loads". With ear, eye and a shooting glove, no discomfort would be noticed. In this mode, no expensive 22 is needed, and the full power loads can be managed in a few loadings just to get the feel of the recoil.
What people do not comprehend is the psychology of the firearm, in a gun fired is a gun which has lost it's threat in the criminal mind. One must maintain that 10 foot safety zone of no closer under any circumstances, but the reality is a hand put on a firearm in the holster with a firm command of STAY BACK proves in numbers of cases the means to defuses a situation you allowed to get out of hand.
Being a coward is much more life enhancing in parking in lighted areas, having others you trust with you and having outside lighting on your home.
Lights are wonderful things that keep one from having to produce a firearm and having to obtain an attorney to defend oneself. With LED's there is no excuse in not having one in your pocket to flash under your car or other cars, to dark spots. Light is the legal mace in those high power little LED's will blind an assailant giving you an edge to hopefully extricate your armed self with.
A liberal DA does not file charges for a flashlight beam to the eyes.
I have always judged the revolver the best and also the worst of weapons. It is the old adage if you have to shoot an Alaskan grizzly with a 44 magnum, you let the bear get to close, as it should have been put down with a rifle.
Trust in handguns is American Old West and while they serve their purpose. They are hard to manage,and a semi auto is made that way, because the parts move.
Try writing your name sometime with someone flicking your pen. You do not do a very good job, and that is what a semi auto does in the slide moves, gas moves and the spring moves. KISS is much more life saving.
The fact is that if you can not get done what you need doing in 5 shots, 40 is not going to make a difference. I will defend high capacity as they have their place and nothing should be limited in firearms, but a revolver with a speed loader in 12 shots is what you brought and it should not be taking 10 shots to finish what you start.
One of the best lessons for female shooters is Raquel Welch in Hannah Caulder. In that, Robert Culp taught Hannie how to shoot.
Her first lesson was strengthening her wrists, so she could handle recoil before she could even fire a gun or wave one around like Tammy Bruce. There are numerous lessons in practice to learn from drawing, to figuring out how not to catch the hammer on clothes if you have a hammer, to cocking it, to not having a problem with the sights catching, to little things like a holster one can just put their hand on in their purse, with the weapon ready to fire without it even being produced, are all things you practice with, with an unloaded gun is always loaded not pointing it at your body parts or others, including pets.
My Uncle purchased for my girl cousin a 410 shotgun for her home defense. It is something she is comfortable with and is more powerful than handguns.
As Gabrielle Giffords proved, a gun locked up at home is of no use in keeping little 9 11 girls from being murdered, even if the family gets the booby prize of sitting by Muchelle as she glares at the State of Obama.
So KISS girlfriends, always be aware of your perimeters in keeping them secure in not ever taking chances, always keep that blinded by the light handy, and always keep a familiar locked and loaded friend with your hand resting on it, and not your finger on the trigger, as there is no taking back that lead once it is exhaled from that barrel.
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