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Old May 10, 2010, 04:40 PM   #51
Doc Intrepid
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The previous two posts are dead on the money (#49 and #50).

Any time you are in a gunfight, generally speaking the person who runs out of rounds first loses. Ask any law enforcement officer who has gone through force on force encounter scenarios.

Badguys tend to not be alone. They work in pairs or carloads. LEO often face scenarios involving multiple adversaries. Logically, so would legally armed civilians (if they encounter scenarios at all).

While there are certainly cases where individuals are targeted by a lone gunman (ex-partner, stalker, enraged former boyfriend, etc.), even a casual reading of court cases will raise the awareness of the average reader that many armed encounters involve more than one adversary.

To a prepared and trained citizen, a high-capacity pistol only means that you don't need to reload quite as soon as would otherwise be the case. Meanwhile, those extra rounds may be all that stand between you and losing.

People need to carry what they are comfortable with and have trained with.

And everyone else needs to accept that there is no one right answer that will suffice for all folks who carry, in all environments and circumstances.
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