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Old August 7, 2012, 12:09 PM   #9
OldMarksman
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Posted by Cheapshooter: I used to think that I was well enough prepared by just slipping my Elsie Pea, or PM9 in a DeSantis Nemesis into my pocket. After all, most civilian self defense situations only involve one or two shots.
Preparing for "most" situations is probably not very prudent from the standpoint of risk mitigation.

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Plus the likelihood of me ever actually needing to use the gun are somewhere below winning the lottery, and getting struck by lightning.
Two things:
  1. The likelihood of being stuck by lightning during one's lifetime is one in 3000. The average likelihood of someone twelve years old being attacked at least once during his or her remaining lifetime is almost one in two.
  2. The question of how many rounds one may need does not become an issue until one actually does draw and fire. The high likelihood that one will never have to employ a firearm is completely immaterial to the question.

No, recent events have not influenced anything I do.
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