TALE OF THE GUN

The Spoons Experience Blog ^ | 9-3-2003 | Spoons

[Atlas Sneezed]

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[Puppage]

The .380 is a less powerful round than the 9mm

Technically, there are almost the same with regard to diameter.

.380 is a 9 x 17 round, while the 9mm parabellum is a 9 x 19 round.

[VOA]

bump

[MileHi]

Unbelievable...

[Eric in the Ozarks]

They gotta blame somebody.

[umgud]

The .380 is very lethal but has very limited stopping power. Self defense requires the ability to stop a threat. As mentioned, its main advantage is its concealability. I read threads all over the web from small caliber owners who defend their caliber choice by stating that shot placement is more important and compensates for the small size. To them, I say that a "well placed" .45 ACP trumps a .380 every time.

[Hat-Trick]

Today, the rationale for carrying a gun in .380 is getting weaker, as manufacturers are coming up with some truly tiny semiautos in 9mm, such as the Kahr PM9 or the Taurus Millenium.

Or, if you prefer .45 acp, my personal "truly tiny" favorite for concealed carry from Kimber:

[ladtx]

Walther .380 PP

[RogueIsland]

Technically, there are almost the same with regard to diameter.

It is less powerful than the 9mm though. Although I often carry one, it is somewhat marginal for self defense. Definitely not heavy artillery.

[sticker]

Tapia was a convicted felon, as such it was already illegal for him to have a gun. How would anymore laws help? Why not look at judges who let people like him out to walk the streets. There was just a case here in Nashville where a judge dismissed a charge against the guy and lower his bail. He went looking for the woman he had raped, he killed one person before he killed himself. But, according to our great newspaper, The Nashville Tennessean(Pravda-On-The-Cumberland) it wasn't the judge's fault. Why can't judges enforce the law instead of making it?

[from occupied ga]

Mayor Richard M. Daley is festering canker on the putrid s***-encrusted bunghole that is the City of Chicago. Good people should live somewhere else.

Don't hold back, tell us what you really think of Chicago :-) When I posted similar sentiments about NYC I was roundly excoriated, and of course some new york weenie played the trade center card (they do that a lot when you criticise them) Kind of like sheila Jackson Lee playing the race card - if it's all you have...

[dogbrain]

"...festering canker on the putrid s***-encrusted bunghole..."

Do you work for Hallmark?

[paul51]

at least one extra clip

You forgot to add, it's called a magazine, not a clip.

Another gunphobic article suggesting that anyone with a gun must be the boogie man

[bandleader]

Right On!"Police Officers Selling Guns In Bars".I always wondered what"The Gun Show Loophole Was"!!Maybe that's it??

[bandleader]

I have one .380 pistol(Colt Gov't).If I want to carry something small,I usually go with my Colt Defender.How long will it take for DOD to replace the puny 9mm with the tried and tested stopper .45ACP?

[bandleader]

I can't get a Kimber(new)here in The People's Republic of Mass.I could buy a used one but I'll just stick with my Colts.

[RicocheT]

The gun hater's logic that can find Milton R. Beuck responsible for a killing by a stranger nine years later must be the theory that the gun maker, Walther, is also responsible.

Goofy!

[Blood of Tyrants]

He is correct, the .380 round is less powerful than the 9mm. Just being the same diameter means little. I was watching TLC one night and a guy WALKS into the emergency room after being shot in the forehead by a .380. The bullet didn't even penetrate to his sinus cavity. He was treated and kept overnight for observation and walked out of the hospital.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The cop who bought it from Beuck ADMITS that he bought it, never registered it and then claims he sold it to another cop (who is conveniently dead and unable to say anything) walks free. Typical. Protect the jack booted thugs from the law.