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lwestatbus · January 1, 2009, 07:09 PM

I was coming up to this forum to post this question when I found Whirlwind's interesting post Armed Citizen Analysis which discussed the issue based on an analysis of the Armed Citizen feature. I thought I'd post it anyway to see if anyone had additional information.

Does anyone have any information on how many shots are typically fired by the defender in a self defense scenario involving an armed civilian? Or what is the range of the number of shots fired? Any stories about a civilian being overwhelmed/killed after running out of ammunition?

I saw an interesting discussion on number of magazines being caried with a pretty wide range being reported. I'm also interested because I don't do well with high capacity magazines due to my hand size (1911 is perfect for me).

January 1, 2009, 07:09 PM	#1
lwestatbus Senior Member Join Date: March 13, 2008 Location: Cocoa Beach, FL Posts: 119	How Many Shots Typically Fired in Self Defense Situation I was coming up to this forum to post this question when I found Whirlwind's interesting post Armed Citizen Analysis which discussed the issue based on an analysis of the Armed Citizen feature. I thought I'd post it anyway to see if anyone had additional information. Does anyone have any information on how many shots are typically fired by the defender in a self defense scenario involving an armed civilian? Or what is the range of the number of shots fired? Any stories about a civilian being overwhelmed/killed after running out of ammunition? I saw an interesting discussion on number of magazines being caried with a pretty wide range being reported. I'm also interested because I don't do well with high capacity magazines due to my hand size (1911 is perfect for me).