In art. , Jim Yanik wrote:
(Don Klipstein) wrote in
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In , DGDevin wrote:

"HeyBub" wrote in message
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Couple of reasons: First, the Judge can fire .410 shotgun ammo. You
are almost guaranteed a hit in a darkened hallway - maybe only a
sting, but the damage to the squint goes from a twitch to death.

Hogwash. Can you document that the shot spread from a .410 fired from
a Judge would cover the average residential hallway at the ranges at
which such an encounter is likely to occur? This issue has come up
here before, and we learned that at realistic home-defense ranges the
spread of shot from a short-barreled shotgun is so small as to be
pointless.

A pistol usually has a shorter barrel than most short-barrel
shotguns.

heh,WAY shorter.

BTW,in the US,short-barrel shotguns are NFA weapons,meaning they have to be
registered,the owner fingerprinted,background checked,and a $200 tax paid.


Second, one purpose of a firearm is intimidation. That's why police
agencies abandoned flap holsters many years ago; the mere sight of a
pistol has a calming effect on most slopes. While not a BIG
intimidating factor, the bigger the weapon the more sobering effect
on the stink-eye.

So last paragraph you were painting a picture of a dark hallway in
which one would need to spray shot around to get a hit, but now
suddenly the burglar can see and identify the model of firearm you're
holding and be intimidated by the awesome manliness of your choice of
weapon. More hogwash.

Enemy is not always a burglar, and not always threatening in such
dark
situations. One's self-defense weapon should be useful at
intimidation when seen in lighting conditions that allow it to be
seen, which I expect to be more than 0% of the time.

SNIP stuff from here 1st line of which includes "goofball weapons"

To a crook trying to rob you,appearance of ANY handgun is enough to usually
make them turn and flee.
the LAST thing any crook wants is to get shot,because they'd have to go to
a doctor or emergency room for treatment(or bleed out...fine with me.),and
gunshot wounds MUST be reported to police,meaning that they WILL be
apprehended. Blood at the scene is also evidence.
Crooks would rather flee and pick an easier target,an unarmed victim.
Far safer and less risky for the crook.

Larger handguns are less likely to be carried, because of their size and
weight making for poor concealment and discomfort.

I was hoping you would disagree more with DGDevin than that...

Someone self-defending home, body, life, or limb with a handgun -
I want to be as free to do so with a .357 Magnum revolver with deadliest
rounds, .44 magnum, whatever .45 looks intimidating, .50 "Desert Eagle",
even .500 S&W,
(Even in the unlikely event the perp knows that most human can't
effectively tactically handle a handgun that is majority of an
"elephant gun", and also recognizes the handgun as being better against
buffalo than quick-and-nimble ciminals - though many criminals aren't
so quick-and-nimble.)

I want freedom to use .500 S&W or biggest-baddest that Philadelphia
cops can buy into officially carrying on-duty to be as free to use as
handguns are allowed to use, as whatever weakling handguns are proposed
as alternative to be less restricted. (I prefer to not name examples
of "weaklings" of self-defense handguns, since I prefer more-capable and
more-intimidating-regardless-of-capability handguns to be allowed where
any all are legally allowed - which should be by law-abiding citizens in
all 50 states and DC!)
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- Don Klipstein )