Hypothetical example:
1. Someone has a 22 mini revolver, 38 snub and Sig 365.
2. They choose to carry the 22 for a "quick trip to the store".
3. I say carrying the 22 implies they would prefer to defend themself with it instead of their other options.
4. Agree or disagree.
(I numbered the quoted lines, for clarity.)
“Disagree.” If line 3 is true, as a given, I do not agree that Line 4 is necessarily true, if the “I” in Line 3 means that THR member Rexster doing the speaking, in first person. That which is implied is not, necessarily, the full truth. Life is more complex than that.
This does not mean that I believe in the wisdom of carrying any mini-revolver, as one’s sole or primary weapon, for a quick trip to any store. I know a thing or two, about manipulating the hammer spurs, with single-action revolvers, and would want a substantially larger grip, and a substantially larger hammer spur, because a curious thing happens during fights: Fine motor skills become less fine, and less skillful.
If I knew that the .22 bullet would absolutely nuke an opponent, I would still want a larger weapon, in my hands, in order to have a better chance of properly managing that hammer and trigger, and directing accurate point-of-aim/point-of-impact.
Personally, the smallest weapon I have found, with a trigger that I can reliably operate, without the whole weapon tending to bobble off-line, during the trigger stroke, is the Seecamp LWS-32. I appreciate the DA trigger, and the spur-less hammer. Stores, including super-markets, however, are magnets for trouble, so, I’d rather carry something more substantial, for defense. Bigger than a Seecamp, a P365 or a J-Snub.