Mike1234567
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Because it's cheap insurance.
Why, now that you mention it--aren't ALL gun sales aimed at promoting crime and killing?Could it be the new market for gun sales is aimed primarily at those in the actual bidness of crime itself?
Are JHPs the new condiment? Is it ballast to offset the brief case, newspaper, or their own trepidations? Maybe it’s simple compensation for some other deficit they possess..If you don't know the reason to have JHPs, then you probably shouldn't be carrying. After all if you are that ignorant of what you are carrying and why you carry it... And what do you mean "compensation for some other deficit they possess?" Are you using the sicko anti-gunners old charge that people who like guns are people who think having a gun compensates for having a small penis? I didn't think anybody was sick enough to still use that line.
Could it be the new market for gun sales is aimed primarily at those in the actual bidness of crime itself? Those engaged in it’s commission rather than it’s omission?Now that comes right out of the Brady bunch and Mayor Bloomberg!
My single stack 8 rd & 10 rd clips have proven to me it’s near impossible at first to fill them up to the top. Ouch! It’s going to be some sore thumbs and some alone time in the den late at night emptying and re-filling clip after clip, or the addition of an autoloader…. Or gee… some Range time!
It sounds like you are physically unfit to load magazines! Is that what the entire screed is about?
Actually my position is that Everyone should carry a gun!Possessing, carrying, and concealing 20 round fire arms seems as ludicrous as the adage that everyone should carry a gun. Dodge city and other Frontier towns had it’s share of that approach, people were still getting shot.
Dodge City and the other Frontier towns were actually quite peaceful compared to today's cities.
That's half the equation. The other half is the old saying, "It's better to have and not need than to need and not have."Feature creep. Marketing needs to match or beat the competition feature by feature.
Provided it doesn't make the gun unwieldy, why not have as many rounds as possible? (Though there is a lot to be said for the slender single-stacks, especially 9mm, from a concealment standpoint.) Maybe those few shots are enough, maybe not. Especially when there are two or more attackers. I know of a case where the good guy emptied a 7-shot .45 against two robbers, killed one, but perceived that the remaining one was still in play and needed to reload. (An older thread I started, "Lessons From a Retired Marine.")Past experiences show only one or two, perhaps at most, 3 or 4, shots ever get sent out to find their new nest by either attacker or attacked.
blindjim said:...I’m a bit confused.
Do most people actually think they’ll be able to expend all those rounds if they deploy their weapon in a crisis situation against another assailant, or even two who were foolish enough to bring a knife to a gun fight?
Trust me… that new shiny pistol and all those extra rounds are gonna wind up in the hands of your mugger if you are unable to avoid, foresee, difuse or overcome some dire situation. That both hands up in the air stance only worked for the Karate Kid.
Possessing, carrying, and concealing 20 round fire arms seems as ludicrous as the adage that everyone should carry a gun. Dodge city and other Frontier towns had it’s share of that approach, people were still getting shot...
What am I missing? I see such prevalence for pistol makers to increase the capacity of their weapons regularly, well, many but not all. It appears there is a race of sorts for seeing just how many shots this gun or that can hold as they bring them to market!
+1. That is exactly what it is.Because it's cheap insurance.
Why buyand/or carry so many bullets?
Carry an extra pistol!
What am I missing?
Does the ordinary, everyday, clock punching guy or gal, or business professional need to carry an armory along with the lunch bucket, or Wall Street Journal?
Back when the wonder nines came out I bought one and it was way too butt heavy for CCW for me I also bought a kit to covert my 1911 to double stack.
A six or 7 round pistol or revolver is right for me , the lighter and slimmer the pistol is what I found I need to carry confortably all day as I prefer IWB.
To each is own
Although my Hi-Point .45 ACP is reliable and accurate enough, that huge/heavy slide makes the gun VERY top-heavy. The heavy slide provides for some recoil reduction but just holding the thing feels very awkward to me.