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Originally Posted by Mister X
An altercation with a 300lb man armed with a blade in a bathroom will almost assuredly involve contact being made. If you think you can hold a #2 just because you took a Craig Douglas class, have done some force-on-force training and routinely practice rention shooting at the range, good luck with that.
I'm not much of a huge fan of .357 magnum out of a lightweight snub. I've seen way too many incidents of crimp jump to dismiss it, plus there's the controllability factor and to a lesser degrees, failures in one form or another. Most civilian defense scenarios take place inside 3 yards. One handed shooting is the norm at such distances and justifiably so since mobility and using the off hand for protection are often required and I don't see the relatively slight ballistic advantage the magnum offers worth the trade-offs and risks.
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I agree with your position on j-frames being enough — IF — the risk your protecting against is being the target of an opportunistic predator. You just happen to cross paths with an ambush predator(s) and he/they think you will be an easy mark. They aren’t looking to get shot. I think pocket .380’s work in that scenario also.
If your life circumstances put you at a higher threat level, say from a determined, vengeful ex-husband or an ex-con you put in prison, I’d want more than five. That’s how I look at it anyway.