My wife gets her CCW licience

[Rich Z]

The goal of shooting someone in self defense should be to STOP them. If that STOPPING process results in them dying, then too bad for them. That was their choice on what to do that day.

[Mannings]

Well I just got back from the range with the little lady looking for a CCW. She shot almost every handgun known to man. She shot the SW 38 special revolver, to much recoil; the XB, Kaltec, Walther and the list goes on. After each series she would grab her G17 and fire a magazine or so to compare the gun to what she's become used to.

She ended up with the Kahr CW9. Looks like a great little CCW, slim, light, manageable recoil and 9mm (same ammo as her G17). Best of all, she's happy with it and that means to me she'll use it.

[Z06 Rocket]

Originally Posted by Rich Z

This really isn't all that unusual. That is normally all it takes to turn an anti-gunner into a realist.

Anti-gunners tend to live in a self imposed theoretical security blanket. When I run into such types and get into this sort of discussion, I ask them if they have insurance. Any kind, home, health, car, etc.. Normally they will say "yes", of course. And I will then ask them why they have insurance? Well, usually the answer is "in case the worst happens". If they are smart, I don't have to say anything further. If they can't make the connection, then I tell them that a firearm is also "just in case the worst happens". And in the case of carrying a concealed weapon, it's an insurance policy that is only in effect and able to protect you from "the worst", if you have that insurance policy on your person at the time "the worst" happens.

Of course, there are still some that believe that if they just give the mugger everything they want from them, they will be safe, but I just write that off as a potentially terminal case of insane naivete...

Very true. I agree.