I have a serious problem with this article.
The typical death caused by a .22LR is via sepsis 3 days later. it makes a tiny hole that doesn’t bleed much. The person shot typically does not feel any pain. They go home and decide to ignore it rather than face questions when they get to the hospital. 3 days later their health goes downhill fast and they rush to the ER and die.
These deaths do not count, imo. THerefore I think the analysis in this article is of no value.
Ding ding ding! we have a winner.
Aye, that’s the rub. The metric isn’t eventual death, it’s stopping the threat RIGHT NOW.
It doesn’t do me any good if the guy who battered my brains out with my empty gun dies three days later of septic shock.
Agree. And with tiny packages like the LCP and LC9 available there just isn't any need. Another problem with the .22 is that it is rimfire which simply will not cycle as reliably as centerfire. All things being equal bigger is better. That said I frequently carry my LCP in the summer time.
It's worse than no value. It's dangerous or perhaps even deadly to those who heed it.
Yours is an extremely valuable post and observation, and I assume it is true.
I have been following this .22 theme and was very interested in Molotov Mitchell’s WND video on the subject, which was later on Gordon Liddy’s talk radio show with all kinds of heated arguments.
You are the first to make this one.
A lot of talk on this thread about incapacitation etc. But the sad truth is that God forbid you have to use it to defend your life or the lives of your loved ones it is not a good idea to leave an injured, desperate and talkative individual in neighborhoods where John Edwardses and hand-picked juries may be found.
Well if we are talking about .22 rifles, my Ruger 10/22 has 30 round mags. And I have 15 of them, so I can put enough holes that sepsis won’t be a problem. My pistal has a 14 round mag and that many holes will make sepsis not an issue either.