Quote Originally Posted by foxtrot View Post
That is insane. I have to admit, I've never read an encounter quite like that. (22) 40 caliber ranger sxt rounds, of which arguably, the suspect was up, running and a threat for more than a dozen of them. People often don't realize there is no thing as a guaranteed instant kill. People have been shot in the head with large caliber weapons and still managed to run a couple blocks (and some survive) People have been shot through the heart, and some still have a few seconds left before they pass out / die. The exception to this rule is the spinal cord, because if you completely sever it, the subject doesn't need to be dead to be completely incapacitated. But - there's no guaranteed shot that can without a doubt pull that off. These are rare situations, nobody is pretending they are common place, but it's nice to have coverage if they do happen.

On that note, the chance of ever having to draw your CCW (in a lifetime) under duress is incredibly low in the first place. I don't ever anticipate having to use mine, not even on the day I die - peacefully. But I still carry. So why do we carry? Because in the unlikely event something does happen at some point in our lifetime, we would like to be prepared, and have options. Most circumstances, an unloaded CCW would suffice. Even more, with a single round. But don't fool yourself, we are already preparing for unlikely odds. Expect the unexpected, and you can never be surprised in life.

Millions of possible armed encounter situations, some much more likely than others, but why not try to protect against the majority? No doubt, some of these situations are lethal no matter what, if your BG has a SRAW and your in a car, better start reciting the lords prayer, cause it's over man! Likely.. hell no. But anything is possible.

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I also have gotten medial training solely for the same reason. Nothing special, just CPR, first aid, and getting procedural advice from EMT's. Chance of needing or rendering medical assistance in a lifetime is higher than needing to use a CCW.

The best protection is not anticipating anything specific to happen to you. It's getting the basic tools (training, equipment, mindset) that you can always have with you as you go through life that can be applied to an extremely wide variety of bad situations. And hope that you never, ever, get the chance to use them.
Okay. I was incorrect. Everyone grab a Glock and those 32 round mags

No, but really, I see where you're coming from and I did not properly understand what you were saying the first time I read it. I know we're preparing for small-likelihood events anyway, but to me it does not seem a major factor, the capacity of your weapon, so long as you are familiar with and reasonably accurate with it.

More of a comfort zone thing, I guess. When I do carry I actually have a little Star BM - its a 1911-style single stack 9mm that holds 8 rounds. I guess I'm in trouble if I'm ever attacked by more than 1 or 2 bad guys, but I'm comfortable with taking those odds.