Apparently, Australia has a different standard for self defense than that in the United States. Quite a number of years ago, the United States Supreme Court ruled that "Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the face of an upraised knife."
I think it likely that Mr. Friedman could have sucessfully plead self defense in the United States. He might have ended up serving a similar sentence, because of the drugs, though.
Steyr; S-t-e-y-r. Well-made pistol; Austrian, I believe.
Not surprising as a “100 year old” pistol could have been a 1911!
You can get a good quality 1851 navy cap & ball replica pistol in .44 caliber for under $130 at Cabelas. I learned to shoot with .36 caliber navy nearly 40 years ago. As long as you don’t plan on any speedy reloading, it can work as a viable defense piece if one is strapped for money, or one lives in a no gun zone like Australia.