[Bon of Babble]

It's getting to the point where it is insane if a woman isn't armed! I walk in the hills behind my home and have done so for year, but lately I've come across some really questionable, shady types. My pit bull/police dog usually is enough to scare 'em off but lately I'm not so sure. I'm wondering if drug cartels are setting up marijuana growing operations near where I live. I asked DH yesterday to look into getting a gun I can carry easily when I walk the dogs (he suggested a .22, but I like more power than that).

[AnAmericanMother]

I agree that a .22 is not enough. It has killed a LOT of folks, but its stopping power leaves much to be desired.

What I have always recommended to people who don't shoot a lot is a snubby revolver in .44 Special (not .44 Magnum, that's dumb, too much recoil.) The Charter Arms Bulldog in .44 Sp is a great self-defense firearm at close quarters, quite concealable and simple to operate - just pull the trigger.

If you really think that there are druggies setting up an operation, though, you might want to alert your sheriff, if he's one of the good ones. Druggies are extremely well armed as a general rule, and you would be outnumbered in a firefight.

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

I have a place in the mountains. Currently I feel safer in the large city I live in than the little mountain town due to the druggies/ homeless that have invaded the mountain communities.