Considering the fact that the Bodyguard 380 is actually a lethal weapon, SW has shown patent disregard for anyone who might come in range of this demonstrable ***. Apparently SW monitors this forum and expurgates some of the more critical posts. No matter, the word is out: The BG380 will serve well as a fishing weight, but as a personal defense weapon, one would probably do better to throw rocks at an assailant (one would be less likely to suffer self-inflected injury, or terminal embarrassment when the BG falls apart).