WH forced to walk back Biden remarks, says he won't back handgun sale ban

[Tsing Tao]

If I'm buying a pistol for self defense, I want something that can knock an attacker down. At least a 9mm or .38 Special. A .22 round can be shrugged off by a strong attacker unless the victim gets lucky. It is the type of round fired by a tiny Derringer a woman can keep in her purse.

Exactly. My father was a cop for 30 some odd years. Used to say "don't shoot someone with a .22. They might notice and get mad."

 

[Tony Stark]

If I'm buying a pistol for self defense, I want something that can knock an attacker down. At least a 9mm or .38 Special. A .22 round can be shrugged off by a strong attacker unless the victim gets lucky. It is the type of round fired by a tiny Derringer a woman can keep in her purse.

9mm with +p ammo minimum.38 isn't that powerful.

Even though 9mm ammo has improved greatly over the years the minimum I carry is 40 or 357sig

 

[Tsing Tao]

9mm with +p ammo minimum.38 isn't that powerful.

Even though 9mm ammo has improved greatly over the years the minimum I carry is 40 or 357sig

+p isn't widely available, though - but yes, loaded to a much higher pressure. Some guns don't do well with it. I also carry a .40

 

[Monobrowtrading]

Exactly. My father was a cop for 30 some odd years. Used to say "don't shoot someone with a .22. They might notice and get mad."

I would have guessed that your mother was a Karen then you having a father that was a cop. You’re in everyone’s business.

 

[Tsing Tao]

I would have guessed that your mother was a Karen then you having a father that was a cop. You’re in everyone’s business.

If I were you, RRY, I'd work on basic sentence structure and written communication before calling anyone out for anything I wasn't qualified for.

 

[Bugenhagen]

This is true, and poor old Joe doesn't know much about weapons, which is fine, he should just leave it to people who do to do the talking. Yes, a 9mm is more likely to cause a sucking chest wound, which is more likely to be fatal, which is a good thing considering when you shoot someone you're trying to kill them. So yea, I'll take the 9 over a 22 if I'm out to kill. Politicians arguing over caliber is more senseless rhetoric when we/they should be debating why are we trying to kill each other at such a prolific rate? It's a quick fix which will only result in killers becoming more creative.

As Tackleberry is in the thread its getting silly quick.

Right so as we know and you agree, though he flubbed it with the speech impediment and getting old, what he meant was immediately clear to anyone with medic training. A blown out lung is the common term for pneumothorax which is a word somebody with a stutter will probably avoid.

How do you feel about people who have guns not having basic medic training to understand and deal with gunshot trauma?

 

[Bugenhagen]

I also carry a .40

In case he drops the first one. He should consider wrapping the handle in a napkin with an elastic band should his fingers be greasy at the foodcourt.

 

[Spike Trader]

that a 9mm bullet can "blow the lung clear out of the body".

"Oh my God! Blows the lung outside of the body!?!?"

So which is it.......clear out of the body,
or ......clear outside of the body ?

 

[Tsing Tao]

So which is it.......clear out of the body,
or ......clear outside of the body ?

You provide such value to the conversation, Spike. You're like RRY, only with less usernames.

Please explain the difference, then I'll answer.

 

[Spike Trader]

You're the gun expert , i'm just asking.