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I've only known one person to use a gun in self defense. She didn't fire it.

• jboggan 5y ago
  I didn't fire the one time I had to draw in self defense, and neither did my father the one time he needed it, and neither did my mother the one time she needed it. For context I grew up around Atlanta.
• 2AThrowaway 5y ago
  throwaway for the obvious reasons... take this as you wish. I am a person who has drawn their licensed handgun in self-defense, twice, separated by ~25 years and hundreds of miles. One an attempted robbery or interrupted break-in in a rear parking lot by two men who probably thought I had access to the building, the second by a group of three that split and approached quickly from two sides on a city street. In neither case did I need to fire. I had situational awareness that these people were coming toward me to do some kind of harm and the fact that I was absolutely prepared to kill in my own self-defense caused these would be criminals to stop and run away.
  • salex89 5y ago
    From what you are saying, it looks like you also practice drills, at least semi-regularly. I think that is key, no matter the caliber. Hell, even using pepper spray should be exercised once or twice a year.
• rpmisms 5y ago
  Anecdotal as well, but I stopped an attempted home invasion with a 1911. I walked out with it in my hand, pointed at the ground, and they left. Fast. That was it.