[Chinese_American_Patriot]

"...with a loaded .22-caliber revolved tucked under his pistol. Sometime during the night, the gun discharged and shot him in the chest, but he apparently didn't realize he was wounded until he awoke early Friday. "

First of all, this reporter must be a liberal moron since he doesn't even know what a revolver or pistol is. This shows the weakness of a .22 caliber round; I'd laugh if a guy pointed a weak-ass .22 or .38 Special pistol at me. If you want to intimidate a burglar or anyone who wants to mess with you, get a .357 Magnum, .45 ACP or anything more powerful than 9x19mm NATO.

[AnAmericanMother]

True story (abbreviated because I've told it before):

Guy at my husband's job got shot in the head with a .22 short by his common law wife. Bullet simply lodged under the skin between his eyes. My husband is the first aid officer, he took one look and sent him on to the industrial clinic. He was back in an hour or two with a band-aid over the wound.

He went home that night and threw the lady out on the street. About six months later she got in a tiff with her new gentleman-friend. Only this time she used a kitchen knife and killed him stone cold dead.

The guy's only comment was, "She was a d##n mean woman, but she sure could cook."

Moral: Don't bring a .22 to a knife fight.

[dogbrain]

"I'd laugh if a guy pointed a weak-ass .22 or .38 Special pistol at me."

I would't be laughing at all.
Even having a .22 pointed at you is a series^TM threat.
You can only hope it's REALLY far away, or REALLY close.

[Myrddin]

Don't underestimate a .22LR. That caliber kills more people every year than the larger caliber rounds. A successful kill is more about placement than caliber. The .22LR is so small that placement is critical. Still, a round through the aorta will put you down. A .22LR to the head will "rattle around" and do much damage. I prefer a minimum 125 gr JHP in .357 mag.

[El Gato]

.38 Special pistol at me.

It hasn't been that long since .38 special was the standard police sidearm. Military too for rear area types. Air Force was still issuing them into the 1980s, IIRC. Modern .38 spl (+P for example) is hotter than they had, and bullet design is also much improved. Even a .22 will kill you if the shot placement is right. It will penetrate your breast bone, most of the time anyway, and you'll not live long with even a litty bitty hole in your heart, or a major artery for that matter. A thread yesterday or the day before had a bad guy bleeding out from a minor caliber wound in the thigh.

[Condor51]

"This shows the weakness of a .22 caliber round; I'd laugh if a guy pointed a weak-ass .22 or .38 Special pistol at me. If you want to intimidate a burglar or anyone who wants to mess with you, get a .357 Magnum, .45 ACP or anything more powerful than 9x19mm NATO."

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Hmmm, I think you might suffer from caliber envy.

JUST KIDDING!!!