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Most servicable self-defense rounds are to a greater or lesser degree "nasty". Most of us. myself included, have never fired a shot "in anger", and most of us hope to keep it that way. However, if you are not fully prepared to use your weapon IF AND WHEN the occasion arises, you are better off just leaving it at home. Otherwise file off the front sight so it won't hurt so much when the BG sticks it up your ass.
Myself I don't carry (usually except for my .44 which is usually loaded with Specials) better than .38Spl or 9mm. And most commonly it's my PPK/s with .380, and I do not give a damn if anybody considers .380 "less than manly". I don't carry a firearm in order to be "manly". I carry it for the same reason that hotels and apartment buldings stock fire extinguishers. And you put me 15 feet away from some punk with a .40, holding it "gangsta" style, and by the time he is ready to fire his second poorly-aimed shot I will have drawh a bead on his forehead, drawn a breath and let half of it go, aligned my sights and pulled the trigger. Then: BLAMMO!! no more threat.
Talons and holowpoints and such have their place as "force multipliers". But a hit with a FMJ is better than a miss with whatever round (or caliber) you miss with. The object of the exersise is to END THE THREAT, YOU DO NOT SHOOT TO KILL, YOU SHOOT TO LIVE!!! As a firearm owner and as a man who carries for self defense - and speaking only for myself - I pray Almighty God I never EVER have to kill another human. And I hope that is the case with the rest of us.
Call me a wuss, but when I hold a .38 hollowpoint and think what it woul do to human flesh, I shudder. Oh, there is no doubt but what Iwould launch such a thing at someone who was threatening precious human life. But be it FMJ. SWC, JHP, HydraShok, whatever. It's a effing BULLET and it is LETHAL.
Of course everybody knows this. The people I call"type one" antis however see us as a bunch of louts who are ready to kill at the drop of a hat. I trust that all of us have no desire to EVER kill ANYONE EVER. And if by any chance your heart's desire is to kill another human being then I have two words to say to you. And those two words afe NOT "Happy Birthday".
