I personally prefer knives. Plus they are easier to carry
This has been a very interesting thread since I am kind of in a dilemma over this choice with my wife. She fractured her wrist and elbow in an accident several years ago and has a hard time shooting anything larger than a .22LR. I have let her try my J-Frame .38 and a friends Kel-Tec .380 and Ruger LCP .380 and she just cannot shoot them without a lot of pain. She can shoot a .22LR without much problem, but the other calibers are out. I thought about letting her try a .32 ACP, but havent yet. Any suggestions?
This has been a very interesting thread since I am kind of in a dilemma over this choice with my wife. She fractured her wrist and elbow in an accident several years ago and has a hard time shooting anything larger than a .22LR. I have let her try my J-Frame .38 and a friends Kel-Tec .380 and Ruger LCP .380 and she just cannot shoot them without a lot of pain. She can shoot a .22LR without much problem, but the other calibers are out. I thought about letting her try a .32 ACP, but havent yet. Any suggestions?
You're right, for you it's not your choice of firearm. But my wife (for example) does not carry. If she would carry even just a P22, I would feel much better for her. But yes, I obviously would prefer the PK380 over a P22. But I prefer the .22 to being unarmed. According to one of our most reverent and qualified pro-gun scholars, brandishing alone has a 98% effectiveness in quelling an attack.
If you are trying to convince me a .22 is a poor choice for carry, you are wasting your time. I understand this. I agree with you. No need to waste breathe trying to persuade me. But again, if that is all someone will carry... then at least they are armed.
But why a .22? The Kel-Tec P-32 is probably the easiest gun to carry ever invented. It's significantly smaller and lighter than a P-22. It has a lighter DA trigger than a P-22. It carries almost as many rounds as a P-22 (8 vs. 11), and I'd trust a centerfire .32ACP for carry far more than a rimfire .22.
Even if a person didn't have the hand strength to rack the slide on a P-32 (which is no harder than a P-22 with the hammer down), there's a Browning .380 with a tip up barrel available on the used market that can be carried cocked and locked.
There is simply no valid argument for carrying a .22 in today's gun market. Every niche that could be filled with a .22 can be filled better with a more powerful centerfire handgun. I would also say that there's no valid reason for carrying a .25 ACP either.
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