Since some may be wondering about my comment on ammunition and lawyers, I decided to post some explanation about the matter. Sorry if this upsets any of you still further - I do think this is best as a no-reply post.
Anyone considering the use of handguns to self defense is presented with tough choices in the subject. I'll skip some very important issues to come directly to weapon and ammunition choices, or why some research is really important. Real world self defense is a hellish situation, loaded with unbelievable stress, and wich could have dire consequences even if you act within the law. It's the kind of situation where only deep training can help - and proper hardware selection. For one common tragedy is shooting the right target, but hitting some innocent bystander - and that may happen even if do hit the intended target first. A lot of research was put by military into how deep some bullet would go after hitting flesh and bone - and not at all with good intentions, but knowledge is as good or evil as we use it. For self defense situations, the best ammunition is one that would stay inside the person - not endangering anyone behind it and very often not seen by the shooter. Military would like the opposite, assuming anyone behind the enemy would be enemy as well, but anyone trying to do as little damage as possible can use that research - and I did choose my weapons with care. I have lots of respect for life, human above all, and only clear and specific threats to mine own or my family's would have me shooting at someone else. Overpenetration, or hitting someone behind the agressor is something I - and many others who would accept the use of hanguns in self defense - do our best to avoid. Law enforcement should work within the same line - disabling the agressor with the least possible chance of injuring anyone else - so very often handgun and ammunition of choice to law enforcement are best to civilian self defense as well. I've seen guns - specially civilian gun ownership - being opposed almost everywhere in the name of peace. My particular view is no tool is good or evil. It's up to us the way we use them. The first weapons mankind used were teeth and fingernails, latter substitued by stones and sticks. Later came knives, swords, arrows... Mankind always had plenty of weapons to use and misuse. Once the knowledge of some weapon becomes available, there is no putting the chicken back into eggs - it's really up to us all how to use any knowledge or tool. I do hope more and more use them well, so my shots remain in metal plates at our shooting range. Luiz Felipe luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
