No, I probably won't be changing my mind.Most shooters have disagreed. Maybe, some will change their mind after this?
That reason is two fold :
The first is that I've actually had to use pistols twice to defend myself with. My big take-away lessons from both were that low-capacity anything really, really sucks, unless your front sight is glowing you probably won't be able to see it when it's for real (especially in poor light, at which point you'll point it at them as steadily as you can and fire), that you'll instinctually get behind whatever cover is available to you and that you can forget about this 'everything happened in slow motion' stuff. Small pocket pistols are all of those things that make shooting and getting hits difficult to begin with without even getting into caliber.
The second is that I've been going on shooting calls for the last 21 years and I've seen what the gunshot wounds actually look like and how much people are still able to move and fight afterward. Sometimes they do this even after being shot multiple times with 9mm's, .40's and 45's.
So after going through and seeing all that why would I ever use a small .22LR, .25 ACP, .32 or .380?
Personally when I shoot someone I want them blasted off their feet and to be completely atomized as if they got hit with an ACME ray gun and for there to be nothing left but a smoking hole as well as it being belt fed with sub-second reloads.
However I'm also confronted with the fact that most times criminals flee at the sight of any gun of any kind. So even though I very intensely dislike them at least people that carry them are armed with something.
When it comes to the video itself I don't think Chris Baker's (Lucky Gunner's host) mind isn't changed either. His two videos on pocket pistols are just a bid to drumbeat up YouTube views. Controversy sells. Their job is to sell.
Near as I can tell Chris Baker is still carrying the Beretta PX4 Compact (a 15 shot 9mm) or a S&W 3953 (a 9 shot 9mm).
In the end I think that people follow their instincts. Small, easy to carry and conceal pistols are .. well, easy to carry and conceal. People don't want their lives changed much, but they want to carry something and so they like videos like Lucky Gunner's that validate their life choices. : Shrug
Carry what you like and what you feel safe carrying. The only thing I'm saying is that once shots are actually fired any pistol (even the full size high capacity ones) are going to feel pretty puny.
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