heavybarrel
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Morning everyone,
Been away lately, too much work and not enough shooting. My wife and I finally decided to do some Uber and Lyft driving. The money isn't bad, I like the late hours and it gets us both out of the house more. Recently though a local female Lyft driver ran into some bad trouble when a rider refused to get out. Too much alcohol I suspect. She made the mistake of getting out first and got the crap beaten out of her, serious injury in the form of a broken arm. She'll heal and I hope get past this event. I had to ask my wife though how she would handle a similar situation. Don't get out of the car of course and head for the closest law enforcement. We also decided to carry at all times. This is an open carry state but inside the car is still concealed. I carry an S&W SD9VE but she preferred something smaller and bought a Ruger LCP that will be carried around her ankle. Good price and I like Ruger but worry a bit about the .380 auto it uses. It will be very up close if needed and I wouldn't want to get shot by one in any case but I wonder about the stopping power. The last .380 I had was a PPK S. It was surprisingly awful and that has skewed my view. Will this round be sufficient for personal defense? Will it also be enough for a home invasion problem? Is the LPC reliable? I've watched a couple of YouTube videos and it looks pretty good. My brother has the 9mm version and I like it but you can probably tell that small pistols are not my specialty. Opinions? Thanks.
HB
Been away lately, too much work and not enough shooting. My wife and I finally decided to do some Uber and Lyft driving. The money isn't bad, I like the late hours and it gets us both out of the house more. Recently though a local female Lyft driver ran into some bad trouble when a rider refused to get out. Too much alcohol I suspect. She made the mistake of getting out first and got the crap beaten out of her, serious injury in the form of a broken arm. She'll heal and I hope get past this event. I had to ask my wife though how she would handle a similar situation. Don't get out of the car of course and head for the closest law enforcement. We also decided to carry at all times. This is an open carry state but inside the car is still concealed. I carry an S&W SD9VE but she preferred something smaller and bought a Ruger LCP that will be carried around her ankle. Good price and I like Ruger but worry a bit about the .380 auto it uses. It will be very up close if needed and I wouldn't want to get shot by one in any case but I wonder about the stopping power. The last .380 I had was a PPK S. It was surprisingly awful and that has skewed my view. Will this round be sufficient for personal defense? Will it also be enough for a home invasion problem? Is the LPC reliable? I've watched a couple of YouTube videos and it looks pretty good. My brother has the 9mm version and I like it but you can probably tell that small pistols are not my specialty. Opinions? Thanks.
HB