this is not necessarily true. A lot of people who buy a gun for home defense go to the range to test it out once (if at all) then put in their bedroom and never fire it again. They also have little experience with firearms. For these people, especially women and smaller men, a cannon like a 44 magnum or 357 magnum is probably a poor choice. They probably can't hit the broad side of a barn with it and could easily end up bashing their own skull with it due to recoil if they don't know how to hold it right. For them a 38 revolver or a 9 mm MAY be the better choice.
What a ridiculous article !
In many ways!
Concealed carry are assumed to be subcompacts ? A larger frame is great for home defense ? Are bigger people breaking into your home than meeting you in the alleys ?
Everything about this is wrong. It seems they needed to submit an article before the deadline.
Springfield XDS in .45 for daily concealed carry. XD in .45 for around the house. Frangible ammo in the house gun, Liberty Defense ammo in the street gun.
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Small, easy to wield, aim, shoot, and overpenetration risks are minimized.
In my house, that could be anything from a S&W Ladysmith .357 magnum revolver or a Bond Arms Snake-Slayer, to a pump-action 12 gauge shotgun, depending upon which room I am in.
Sometimes I even open-carry my FNX .45ACP in my house - for no other reason than the fact that I like my FNX .45ACP.
My carry weapons are larger than most people use.
Sig P220 Carry SAO (.45)
Sig P320RX (9mm) Full Size
So, Yes, both are great for both applications, without concerns for over penetration through multiple walls.
The article assumes you only have one gun. Why not have a shotgun, a full frame, a rifle, a small frame......
Andy Walgamott
Andy Walgamott Andy Walgamott, a Washington native, is the editor of Northwest Sportsman Magazine. He lives in Shoreline, and when not fishing, hunting or camping, he grows organic tomatoes, green beans and blueberries for his wife and two sons. Andy graduated from WSU with a BA in English.
Mr. Walgamott and other so-called gun experts always try to push those new to firearms that they need something bigger.
Sheesh.
Find a weapon that you can use comfortably and confidently; one that you can consistently put hits on target. For some that might be an old 1911 pistol firing .45 cal. For others, it could be a Beretta .22 cal. Tomcat. Both can be effective. Skill and experience are probably more important than caliber and weapon.
Have lots of hearing protection scattered about the house, if one is intending to fire a weapon indoors. It’s gonna hurt bad and permanently destroy your hearing.
If there is time to don hearing protection, do it. It will give you an operational advantage (electronic muffs) both in terms of hearing sensitivity and reduced “pain” when shotting. And it will preserve your hearing.
Ears don’t “toughen up” from loud noise. They go deaf.
Mr. GG2 carries from sun up to sundown even in the house. I keep a full frame weapon concealed in the house that I can get to in 15 seconds when I’m at home. At night we keep a weapon on each night stand.
Den, same pistol, semi-auto rifle, kitchen 38, basement, 12 gauge semiauto, with alternating 00 buck and 04 shot.
CCW, never leave home without at least one, and many times two, at least a 38.
"Now for the conceal, EDC carrier thats out and about."
I realize this probably from some low volume blog. But if you are going to write for the public how about a little basic grammar and proofing? It's should be a minimum requirement.
I prefer a Personal Mortar.
Collateral and Cleanup is a bitch but the LEO/Coroner will probably want it all for investigative evidence anyway so it’s their job;)