Hi Lee,
No. I don't carry because I live in a very safe location. But if I thought that I might need to carry a gun, it would be one suitable for saving my life. If for some reason I had to go into LA, I'd take my P-229.
Bad guys, especially if they're under the influence of drugs, can take a lot of damage and continue to inflict damage.
At very close range, without decommissioning a bad guy's CNS, the probability of a good guy taking rounds is very high.
For me and for me only, I'd consider the .38 Special +P to be minimum for saving my life. The optimum is the 1911A1 in .45 ACP.
Another very important consideration: bad guys rarely do bad things alone. Therefore, you might have to engage multiple bad guys, which makes a poor choice of defensive handgun a really bad choice.
This might be of help: a very good quality holster on a very good quality belt makes carrying evening a full-size 1911A1 very easy.
What many people fail to consider is that bad guys do train. They train to take guns away from uniformed cops. Therefore, if you're going to carry a handgun, you're going to want to assure that bad guys don't see it lest one tries to take it from you.
No. I don't carry because I live in a very safe location. But if I thought that I might need to carry a gun, it would be one suitable for saving my life. If for some reason I had to go into LA, I'd take my P-229.
Bad guys, especially if they're under the influence of drugs, can take a lot of damage and continue to inflict damage.
At very close range, without decommissioning a bad guy's CNS, the probability of a good guy taking rounds is very high.
For me and for me only, I'd consider the .38 Special +P to be minimum for saving my life. The optimum is the 1911A1 in .45 ACP.
Another very important consideration: bad guys rarely do bad things alone. Therefore, you might have to engage multiple bad guys, which makes a poor choice of defensive handgun a really bad choice.
This might be of help: a very good quality holster on a very good quality belt makes carrying evening a full-size 1911A1 very easy.
What many people fail to consider is that bad guys do train. They train to take guns away from uniformed cops. Therefore, if you're going to carry a handgun, you're going to want to assure that bad guys don't see it lest one tries to take it from you.