cb51
Active Member
I've seen a lot of articles in which a person uses a .22 of some kind for the defense of self or home. Usually the intruder is killed or seriously injured. Like the 92 year old WW2 vt who used a .22 rifle to shoot and kill burger. Or the case in Savage Maryland where a guy used a .22 to shoot an estranged and divorced husband of his lady when the estranged hubby that had a restraining order against him, kicked in the front door and the current boyfriend shot and killed him with a .22. One round right in the chest.
Growing up in a bad part of D.C., I saw some violence first hand, and in two occasions a .22 handgun was used, and the shooter killed the shootie. I also witnessed the immediate aftermath of two shootings with .22's when I was a police officer in Colorado. None of the shot people were up and around after taking a shot in the center torso area. Yet, when the subject of using a .22 for defense of any kind comes up people go semi nuts and claim it's just one step from suicide. I've even heard the idiotic saying that if you shoot someone with a .22, and he finds out about it, he'll be very angry with you.
So...does anyone have any provable examples of a .22 NOT working in a defensive scenario and resulting in the injury or demise of the defender shooter?
I mean real incidents, not a friend of a brother in law heard of a guy that...
I know there are real LEO's on this forums, not just keyboard commando's, and I would like to hear from them in particular.
Growing up in a bad part of D.C., I saw some violence first hand, and in two occasions a .22 handgun was used, and the shooter killed the shootie. I also witnessed the immediate aftermath of two shootings with .22's when I was a police officer in Colorado. None of the shot people were up and around after taking a shot in the center torso area. Yet, when the subject of using a .22 for defense of any kind comes up people go semi nuts and claim it's just one step from suicide. I've even heard the idiotic saying that if you shoot someone with a .22, and he finds out about it, he'll be very angry with you.
So...does anyone have any provable examples of a .22 NOT working in a defensive scenario and resulting in the injury or demise of the defender shooter?
I mean real incidents, not a friend of a brother in law heard of a guy that...
I know there are real LEO's on this forums, not just keyboard commando's, and I would like to hear from them in particular.