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Often power is discussed, but the reality you just need the attacker to break off the attack and it doesn’t take much of a bullet to dissuade someone to go in the other direction.

It’s been debated to death on every gun forum why a 9mm is superior in a dynamic self defense scenario over something like a 10mm. The game changes when both the shooters are moving, shooting, and trying not to get shot with tunnel vision and an adrenaline dump 😉.

Things are getting worse. If you ever watch YouTube and see how people talk to cops nowadays, that wouldn’t have happened years ago.

That’s why I never go anywhere without pepper spray. But pepper spray has little benefit with an armed attack.

That is something that concerns me in a big way, especially now that I am older with physical limitations. If I don’t use the right amount of force at my age I probably won’t have the ability I had when I was younger to readjust to the situation. On top of that, at 70, even being convicted of a...

I will look at the XDm.

I was at the gun shop looking at 10mm pistols and I looked at a S&W and the trigger was crunchy, I asked for another and it was the same. I never looked at an XDm.

I’m with you there 👍. We are in our 70s and like you, Covid changed our lifestyle big time, we don’t go many places now out of habit and we don’t drink alcohol. Road rage incidents around here are also high. When I carried a 1911 for 20+ years I always carried a j-frame, but after moving to...

No, honorable 👍.

Everything is run by the progressives here with the majority Democrats voting them in ☹️. I would hate to be in front of a jury here 😬.

Carry what you are comfortable with, I will take the advice of a lawyer that specializes in self defense for over 20 years which is also a firearms instructor.

I have a good attorney with plenty experience in self defense litigation, you may be the one that needs a better lawyer 😂.

Keep in mind, everything you carry will be on display in front of a jury of mostly non gun people in court if you collect a case.

You can say that about any weapon, you can have a gun taken away from you and get shot with it. If you are incapable of defending yourself with a stick your abilities to defend yourself is in bad shape and training is needed. There are training classes and videos on how to defend yourself with...

On another note on length, on my canes I wanted more cushion on my cane tips so I bought cushioning tips off Amazon and they add a bit over 3/4” to the length.

Proper length is with the shoes or boots that you will be wearing, a mistake many make. They can be expensive depending on the cane you pick. I wanted to get it right the first time. I was using a cheap adjustable drugstore cane and played with that for a few days to come up with a length. I...

Proper length is everything, check out Canemaster for proper length. One thing I have found is the hook cane is a lot easier to manage being able to hook it on my arm for hands free tasks. When pushing a shopping cart my cane hangs on my arm, I have accidentally left it in the shopping cart a...

If I carried my 1911 more sights would be on my list of upgrades. I think for self defense that good sights can have a very positive effect on an outcome, or even target shooting. The older I get the more important good sights are 😉.

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Yes, but the hook assures I will always have the better grip on the cane. But there are plenty of videos on good self defense techniques with a cane, but many techniques are not practical unless you have a willing partner like on the videos 😁.