For those of you who carry .22's for personal protection

[MilitaryArms]

Neighbors shocked after 4 teens shot at Clearfield party

The kid was shot in the throat by a .22. The only damage was the entrance hole. The kid actually swallowed the bullet and doctors retrieved it from his stomach. Minor surgery and he was on the road to recovery, thank God.

Friends son Shot in throat with .22 - The Firing Line Forums

Something to consider.

 

[Glock19]

What's your point? You can kill someone or stop them with a 22. This kid was lucky as it gets.

 

[MilitaryArms]

I'll leave it to you to draw your own conclusions.

 

[Bubbajms]

Well, we've all seen or heard the statistic that the meager .22 kills more people than any other caliber - I personally feel a little more comfortable carrying something with a little more "umph" behind it, but I wouldn't take that young man's place and stand in front of the barrel..

Guess it wasn't his time to go yet!

 

[tdoom15]

What's your point? You can kill someone or stop them with a 22. This kid was lucky as it gets.

You can kill someone with a magic marker too, but it still makes it a poor choice for self defense.

Are you really going to take this side of the argument?

 

[Stainer]

You can kill someone with a magic marker too, but it still makes it a poor choice for self defense.

+1

 

[fullmetaljesus]

.22 kills just as easily as anything else. I knew a guy who off'd himself with a .22. Bullet went in, and never came out. (he didnt want to leave a mess for his wife to have to clean up)

 

[YukYuPhat]

.22 kills just as easily as anything else. I knew a guy who off'd himself with a .22. Bullet went in, and never came out. (he didnt want to leave a mess for his wife to have to clean up)

How considerate, if misguided....

 

[tv1217]

Not an optimal self defense round but I'd rather carry a .22 than a .25 ACP or .32 ACP

 

[the1kidd03]

it's a capable round...just not something I'm willing to put my life on really.....I've read several similar instances of this over the years......it's more about where the round impacts and what it does than anything...neither of which we can control......we attempt to with shot placement, but you're still at the mercy of chance............a Marine I served with was shot in the neck by a 7.62 sniper last year in Afghanistan...he lived, has a wicked looking scar and received the Silver Star in December for his actions that day AFTER getting shot............point is, we do what we can to maximize a weapon's effectiveness, but it's never going to be predictable

 

[MilitaryArms]

Not an optimal self defense round but I'd rather carry a .22 than a .25 ACP or .32 ACP

That I can agree with.

However, I wouldn't go below .380 and honestly, I prefer not to go below 9mm. On a rare occasion I'll have a .380 as a BUG complementing a 9mm or .45 ACP.

I would take a .22 over a pointed stick, but I would never personally carry a .22 willingly when I had access to something more potent.

 

[foszoe]

Not an optimal self defense round but I'd rather carry a .22 than a .25 ACP or .32 ACP

I think I would go in reverse order of your list.

 

[fullmetaljesus]

How considerate, if misguided....

He was old, smoked his whole life, was on an oxygen tank. he used to smoke while he had the little nose thingys in so he could breath.

He filed a police report saying a bunch of tools were stolen from his machine shop in his barn so he could get money to pay his medical bills. When that didnt work. He decided to take out is .22 hand gun and shoot himself in the temple. That way his life insurance would pay up and handle the bills. The bullet went into his head and never came out.


Little did he know, that life insurance is void when the person kills themselves.

 

[TylerAdels]

Caliber Effectiveness: Real-World Statistics from Expert LEO Greg Ellifritz - Guns News and Guns Reviews at Guns.com

This is an interesting article about caliber effectiveness. Sadly, I can't find the original article, however it is completely reprinted in the guns.com forums. Particular attention should probably be paid to the "One-shot-stop", "Average number of rounds until incapacitation", and "Accuracy" sections.

 

[Vic_Mackey]

You can kill someone with a magic marker too, but it still makes it a poor choice for self defense.

it does?

 

[EvilBlackGun]

If you haven't been him ...

... then YOU do not know what is "misguided" and not. Wait and live a while before casting stones. There are things worse than dying. EBG

How considerate, if misguided....

 

[shortyforty]

Trooper Mark Coates from south Carolina was shot twice once in the vest and once between the vest plates with a .22 derringer he is dead , before dieing he returned fire and struck his murderer with five out of six .357 magnum rounds he fired and he is still alive . Yes the .22 is under powered but there is no magic bullet that knocks everyone down every time ,so carry what you are comfortable with if a .22 is all you can handle for recoil then by all means carry it and practice often with it because it beats throwing rocks

 

[Glock]

Are there a good number of people who carry a .22 for personal protection? I could understand if being concealed was very important but then again you can get an lcp for fairly cheap that's pretty small.

 

[Glock19]

OK we can test it, anyone wanna volunteer to let me shoot them with my 22 then my .45? You survive you get to tell me which hurt more!

 

[Regionnus Rattis]

The Armed Citizen section of the April American Rifleman had a note about a two home intruders being met by the homeowner with a .22...one of them died from a shot to the chest.

It ain't no peashooter! If that is all you have then by all means use it.