Absolutely 100% agree.
I cant tell you how many (mostly men) people I have met who want to buy some hand cannon thinking that they will be able to use that as their defensive gun. Most only fire them 2 or three sets of ammo and then the gun sits on a shelf somewhere cause it either hurts too much or costs too much to go to the range.
On the other hand, back in the ‘80s, I met a granny who could LITERALLY shoot the eyes out of targets a 50 feet with a .22 pistol. Later I found out that she was in the OSS during WWII. She would come to the range at Ft Leavenworth fairly regularly and stay in practice.
DAMN scarry granny with that pistol in her hands.
Please define "hand cannon".
“On the other hand, back in the ‘80s, I met a granny who could LITERALLY shoot the eyes out of targets a 50 feet with a .22 pistol. Later I found out that she was in the OSS during WWII. She would come to the range at Ft Leavenworth fairly regularly and stay in practice.”
Great story. One of my best friend’s grandmother was in the OSS. He has all the documentation to prove it. Half their library is dedicated to her memorabilia.