Quote from LEAPup:
I paid my way through College as a Police Officer. I can ASSURE you guys that the police CANNOT get to you in time to help you 99% of the time in a life or death situation. They ALWAYS get there after the damage has been done, take the reports, photos, and start the investigation. This won't help you if you're laying on the cold ground dead, brain damaged, or paralyzed.
In what I have seen over those strange years as a full time Officer, I FIRMLY believe that if you are a law-abiding person with a desire to protect yourself and your family from the harm brought forth by scumbags, ARM YOURSELF, and learn two things:
1. Trigger control under pressure
2. Sight alignment under pressure (i.e., learn how to overcome the tunnel vision you'll get when in a life/death situation enough to acquire a good sight picture, and squeeze, squeeze, squeeze.) And if you're really serious, and may be rather new to combat related shooting scenarios, I HIGHLY recommend a Crimson Trace lazer. Wherever that red beam is, will be where the bullet goes. VERY effective in low-light situations! Very!
Hope none of you are EVER in a situation where some thug scumbags want to harm you badly, but if you are I'd rather you have what you need to protect yourself and your family from harm.
Remember, you aren't shooting to kill. You're shooting to live...