[rmvh]

Re your # 6

Would 22 long rifle hollow points.... in a Ruger semi...Each tip filled with mercury, do a nice job if four or five of these hit the target in extremely rapid succession?....Kind of a poor man's dum-dum?

I like the 12 gauge pump best but think the latter is a nice (probably illegal)more friendly alternative for a lady.

[Shooter 2.5]

We have an eleven year old girl competing at our IDPA matches so there isn't a reason why a woman should shortchange herself with anything smaller than a .380.

The Hollywood gimmicks like filling the hollow points with substances is silly. It has nothing to do with a self defense action. You're shooting to stop and not to poison someone a month later.

[Conservative Kay]

I like a pump shotgun also but it won't fit in my purse!