mljdeckard
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Duke is illustrating this perfectly.
A LOT has changed in the hundred years that people originally started carrying the .32. Back than, if for some reason you HAD to carry a very small concealable gun, (When again, I doubt any of you NEED a gun that small, you are just unwilling to adjust your lifestyle and wardrobe for the most important piece of equipment you can carry, and you think being a teeny bit more comfortable is more important than being alive,) it was the only choice, a very small caliber handgun. THIS IS NO LONGER THE CASE. There are MANY compact and subcompact options in many brands which are much more likely to stop the actions of the person you are shooting at.
And yes, there are many accounts of .25 failing to penetrate clothing, skin, and bone. Especially various combinations of the three. If you ever have to try to put someone down, with their side to you, weird angle, thick clothing, your chance of doing anything other than making them mad is pretty much zero. I don't PLAY with guns at all, but if you could somehow envision a situation where I were forced to pick a gun to get shot with and hope for the best, it would absolutely be a .25 acp, from a 1-2" barrel, wearing a leather biker jacket and a sweater. It's a gun, but it's by far the WORST gun that exists.
For the third time in this thread: ALL PISTOL ROUNDS ARE INADEQUATE FOR SELF-DEFENSE. You need to give yourself every possible advantage. In picking the worst pistol rounds you can, you are saying that you are willing to carry a gun and kill someone, but not do everything you can to save your life. It just doesn't make sense. And again, the last thing you will think before you squeeze the trigger on that Jennings at a charging bad guy; "I really REALLY wish I had ANY gun besides this one at this moment."
A LOT has changed in the hundred years that people originally started carrying the .32. Back than, if for some reason you HAD to carry a very small concealable gun, (When again, I doubt any of you NEED a gun that small, you are just unwilling to adjust your lifestyle and wardrobe for the most important piece of equipment you can carry, and you think being a teeny bit more comfortable is more important than being alive,) it was the only choice, a very small caliber handgun. THIS IS NO LONGER THE CASE. There are MANY compact and subcompact options in many brands which are much more likely to stop the actions of the person you are shooting at.
And yes, there are many accounts of .25 failing to penetrate clothing, skin, and bone. Especially various combinations of the three. If you ever have to try to put someone down, with their side to you, weird angle, thick clothing, your chance of doing anything other than making them mad is pretty much zero. I don't PLAY with guns at all, but if you could somehow envision a situation where I were forced to pick a gun to get shot with and hope for the best, it would absolutely be a .25 acp, from a 1-2" barrel, wearing a leather biker jacket and a sweater. It's a gun, but it's by far the WORST gun that exists.
For the third time in this thread: ALL PISTOL ROUNDS ARE INADEQUATE FOR SELF-DEFENSE. You need to give yourself every possible advantage. In picking the worst pistol rounds you can, you are saying that you are willing to carry a gun and kill someone, but not do everything you can to save your life. It just doesn't make sense. And again, the last thing you will think before you squeeze the trigger on that Jennings at a charging bad guy; "I really REALLY wish I had ANY gun besides this one at this moment."