Interesting article regarding firearm self defense.

[86brick]

http://thinkinggunfighter.blogspot.com/2012/03/self-defense-findings.html

 

[Chuck Leeper]

The comments following the article have some good points, too.
A comment I read from another source, said that an "average citizen" involved in using a handgun for self defense, hits the target in only 2% of the attempts.
The statement made in this article has the perp being much closer than I had thot, when the defender fired....
I guess the use of my Mossberg is a fairly sure way to TCOB....At least up to 50'.

 

[MY T FAST]

"The most common responses of criminals upon being shot were to flee immediately or expire."

best line in the article. i LOL'd pretty hard...

 

[86brick]

I have read a few similar articles and it seems that most seem to agree that the majority of self defense scenarios involving a firearm take place in a pretty close distant (usually 5-7 yds) and in many cases there was no need for a high capacity autoloader. Everyone will have varying opinions about the effectiveness of different calibers in SD situations, but I really think shot placement is the key. Oh well, just seen it and thought I'd pass it along for whatever it's worth.

 

[turbodave231]

I read the entire article and the responses. Thanks for sharing.

 

[~JM~]

Nice to see another endorsement of the revolver vs the autoloader.

~JM~