He was lucky the perps were bad shots. With a .45 close at hand it would not have been necessary to depend on a mouse gun.
If you had 3" .410 00 buckshot in it, you wouldn't even have to depend on aim. Thanks to the rifling, the way a Judge spins the shot, you get a fairly wide spread at close range. It's big for a CC weapon, but man what a punch!
>>>> With a .45 close at hand it would not have been necessary to depend on a mouse gun. <<<<<<
His “Judge” .45/.410 was under the counter, close at hand.
His Kel-Tec 3AT was in his pocket, even closer at hand.
This matter of convenience versus firepower is the whole point.
One cannot easily carry a Judge or S&W Model 29 or a 1911 while in the Safeway.
But one can most definitely carry an unobtrusive Kel-Tec .380 and not even notice it.