ohioshooter
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Here's my premise: It's been well established that handguns are under-powered as anti personnel weapons. If one were to be forced to knowingly go into harm's way, he would want to carry a long gun because rifles and carbines have much greater power and they literally do drop people in their tracks.
I'd have to disagree with this statement just because you are assuming that going into harms way must include a gathering of large amounts of people if you are saying you need a long gun. Now, if SHTF and people are in panic mode then yes I could see where carrying a long gun would be needed. Plus, you'd have to define what the situation is that is considered "harms way". For example, your daughter dating a guy who you know doesn't like you and she calls you because he put his hands on her, why take a rifle. Now, if she's at some crack house cause she sells dope, that may be a different story.
Here's my premise: It's been well established that handguns are under-powered as anti personnel weapons. If one were to be forced to knowingly go into harm's way, he would want to carry a long gun because rifles and carbines have much greater power and they literally do drop people in their tracks.
I'd have to disagree with this statement just because you are assuming that going into harms way must include a gathering of large amounts of people if you are saying you need a long gun. Now, if SHTF and people are in panic mode then yes I could see where carrying a long gun would be needed. Plus, you'd have to define what the situation is that is considered "harms way". For example, your daughter dating a guy who you know doesn't like you and she calls you because he put his hands on her, why take a rifle. Now, if she's at some crack house cause she sells dope, that may be a different story.