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Old 03-25-2009, 04:13 AM
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Originally posted by sasu:
For civilian self defense you probably do not need the power of a heavier caliber. You have to justify shooting a person in self defense and it is has hard to imagine being under such an imminent threat if the target is 100 yards or farther away. Self defense shots would probably be at very close range so a 223 Rem should work fine.
If I ever have to fire in self defense I REALLY hope it's with one of my pistols and not my Sig 556. I can see the media circus now about me shooting some poor guy with my "assault rifle". They would forget the part about the guy being a criminal out to do harm and focus on that "Evil Black Gun".
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