I carry a wasp all day everyday, 22 mag is not a weak round by any means, speer makes a short barrel load for these pocket pieces, suprisingly accurate 10-15 feet its not that difficult to plug all 5 shots into it
My first NAA was a Wasp. I love the look of it. I need to see if the fluted cylinder will time up in my Black Widow. I like the Widow because it's just a tad longer and has those big chunky sights on it.
Still, the Wasp is a great carry piece. Love the little mini .22 mags. Not the greatest SD choice, but having a .22 mag Wasp/Widow in your pocket would make you better armed than 97% of most. Were I in a situation where I were to be pinned and was only able to get my off hand free, into my pocket, and thumb back 5 random belly shots, I would be thankful for the NAA on my person and would curse the .45 in my safe.
I know that's a cliche thing to say, but as a guy who fully admits that he carries with comfort in mind, the NAA makes sense. Will I get killed only packing a .22 mag? Maybe. But as I've said, y'all can give my urn a fair and deserved "I told you so" if it makes you feel better. 90% of the time I have a .357 or .45 acp on me AND the Widow. The other 10% I dont lose sleep over. Plenty of ways to die. No need to give into the irony of flittering away my given time worrying about something statistics say is unlikely.
In short, give me a capable gun with a back up NAA. If circumstances deem me unable to carry anything larger than the .22 magnum, so be it. If the universe looks upon my situation with cruel irony and decides to strike me down, have a laugh at my expense and chase it with a good stiff drink in my memory. Nothing more I can ask than that.