Ibmikey. What about the scenario I laid out before? Someone pulls up to the sidewalk, pulls your granddaughter in the car, and takes off. There you stand with a .380 in your pocket. What do you do? Granted your chances of stopping a car are slim but I think it would be better to try than not. The question is what is the best way to try?
You have a .380 in your mitt and you are thinking of shooting to stop a car. It's a .380...not alot of power there. You do need some punch for penetration and for getting through a hood and into something important. And since you can't see under the hood not a lot to aim at.
Also since it's a 380 exactly what thing do you hope to hit that will stop the vehicle
immediately. Trying to make a One Shot Stop with a handgun is not something I'd count on.
Maybe you have a clean shot and can hit the driver...and maybe the vehicle crashes with your grand daughter in it. Since, hypothetically, how fast is this make believe vehicle driving?
Do you try, or write off the child to God knows what fate?
We already know one fate...a fella with a .380 shooting blindly at a vehicle in the hopes he hits something important with a caliber that does not have all that much punch.
Cell phone...license plate...description of the vehicle...cops. Maybe get another vehicle and follow safely till cops respond. Then
they can shoot up the vehicle.
Shoot out a headlight...then when you call in the license plate, description of kidnapper and vehicle, etc. you can add that it has a busted headlight or tail light.
While we're at it...in this scenario it's likely that you'll know the kidnapper. Likely it'll be your ex son in law who snatched the kid to get him away from his crazy gun toting grandpa who thinks he can stop a vehicle with his .380 by shooting wildly at the engine compartment of a rapidly moving vehicle on an urban street.
Since this is hypothetical, just call Liam Neeson, he'll get your grand daughter back.
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