BullfrogKen
Moderator Emeritus
I don't think you're a mall ninja.
I just think you're a very young guy who believes the crap published in gun magazines.
I just think you're a very young guy who believes the crap published in gun magazines.
+1 to everything mljdeckard said.
First, you do not need three weapons in your vehicle, or on your person to defend yourself.
In the VERY REMOTE possibility you might need to defend yourself in the first place.
Second, a SBR would raise the hackles on the back of every cops neck in a 10-15 mile radius if you got stopped in a simple license check traffic stop.
Let alone if you used it in a SD shooting.
In reality, if a threat is out of green teeth bad breath range of a few yards?
It is not in your best interest to fire on it.
You said yourself you are neither a cop nor a solder.
Methinks you might be a video game player though??
Just a guess?
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I'll take a lighter approach than most, because at some point we were all new and hadn't made the realizations yet.
All Arounds rightVaupet, both the 9mm and 5.56 are rated at about 155 dB, so they are both very loud.
Secondly, a 5.56 with defensive ammo will penetrate less (both tissue and building structure) than your 9mm with defensive ammo. So the overpenetration is actually less of an issue with a rifle vs a handgun.
I can't believe how often that false information is spread... It seems like it is never ending...
I'm not a mall ninja or anyone resembling Gecko45. I'm just a guy who wanted to feel safer. I never expected I would have to use a rifle in a defense situation, but I thought that as long as I was gonna start carrying I might as well have one. To those who are calling me "unbalanced," I resent that and would like to reiterate that I am a healthy, mentally sound person who was trying to make an informed decision.