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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
I have a friend who swears that the .45 is the absolute best for home defense. His reasoning is that the bullet is heavy but slow, and less likely to go through walls and kill the wrong person. I don't know, I'm just sayin'. Of course he can choose which eye to hit at 20 feet, so I'm not him.
On the other hand, it's my opinion that the best handgun is the one you feel most comfortable with, so all size arguments are null and void.
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On a similar note, I grew up a few doors down from a dude who owned a "liberated" P08. One night, he heard noises from the downstairs living room - someone had unlawfully entered the house. Dude's pop goes to the top of the step and chambers a round. In the otherwise quiet house, the sound was apparently loud and very distinctive. Perp vanished with their toaster by jumping through the front sunroom window.
I'd also heard it said the the best home defense weapon was an unloaded pump shotgun. Just rack the slide once and watch the bad guy(s) leave, then analyze the stain they left on the floor for DNA.
