This may be a little off topic so far as the blog itself is concerned, but it is tangentially linked as well.
If you carry a concealed weapon, then you will have a gun in your house, correct? Therefore it can be used for home defense, right? Yeah, see, I told you it was linked!
I will lay this out here first off, I love firearms, all types. Flintlocks, Matchlocks, Percussion caps, from the Revolutionary War all the way up to today, I am fascinated by them all. So, I'm one of those guys who doesn't "collect" guns, I accumulate them. So, just so we are clear on that...
Here's where I'm heading... the gun you carry with you may not, in fact, be good for home defense. Say WHAT?!? I know, I know... but, honestly, there are those that would be, and there are those that wouldn't be.
You want examples? Ok... My Derringer, great for CCW, lousy for home defense. Only two shots and not the most accurate at a distance. What does distance have to do with anything? Well, I'm not planning on being nose to nose with a guy in my house as I would on the street. I want some distance, so I want something a little more accurate... also, since my derringer is a mini-shotgun, I don't want shrapnel going all over the place and destroying my stuff.
A full sized 1911, great for home defense, but kind of iffy for CCW. It's big and heavy and bulky, so on and forth.
So, if you're only going to have the one gun in your home, you might as well make a smart choice and get something that will work in each scenario. You may have to give up a little of this or that, maybe, to make it fit for both jobs, but it can be done relatively easily.
Things I would not suggest for home defense, however, are smaller caliber (say, .32 and below) pocket pistols. Mainly because they aren't as accurate as you'd want them to be in a "down the hall" kind of scenario. Up close and personal, on the street, yeah, they are fine, but not in a house with much longer distances involved.
Again, just my two cents.
Stay safe.
Monday, March 7, 2011
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