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    | FL: For self-defense, select a nine-shot, .22-caliber revolver Submitted by: 
			
Mark A. Taff
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    | Every time President Obama talks about taking away our guns, people rush out to buy one while they can, but what type of gun is best?
 
 First, I do not recommend any semi-automatic pistol for self-defense, because if you get a misfire, it takes two strong hands to jerk the slide back to eject the bad bullet and let a new one in.
 
 Second, if you don't hold the gun tight, the mechanism won't work and your gun could jam. In either case, you could get killed.
 
 My choice for a gun for self-defense is a nine-shot .22-caliber revolver. If you get a misfire in a revolver, just pull the trigger again to bring a good bullet under the firing pin.
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    | It's better then nothing, but not a good self defense gun.  Shooting someone with a .22 LR revolver is more likely to annoy them than to incapacitate them.  You will need a head shot or a heart shot to stop someone with a .22 LR. 
 Even with a heart shot, it might take someone a half a minute before he realizes he is dead.
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