I'm sorry but there's no such thing as "defensive" shooting at 700 yards, even with a rifle.

In all seriousness, if they thought they'd need to reach out to 200-300 yards every once in a great while with a handgun, a scoped .44mag revolver would be just fine.

Otherwise all their "self defense" shooting will be under 100 yards, which is workable (but not ideal) with a 9mm.


I'm with 68Charger here ... a Glock 20 or Witness 10mm Hunter well tuned and with high quality, fiber optic sights would be my carry gun of choice in such an environment.