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In reply to the discussion: The safer handgun for home/self defense. The revolver or the pistol? [View all]acalix
(81 posts)26. Depends. Are you fine with 90,000 alcohol deaths each year?
So you can continue to sip your wine?
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I used a gun, it saved my life. Never had a mishap. There go all your arguments.
NYC_SKP
Nov 2014
#11
Did I say I was "fine with" anything? No. And I support your right to not own a gun, that's fine.
NYC_SKP
Nov 2014
#13
Others are more qualified than I am. But I'd lean toward a revolver for reliability.
NYC_SKP
Nov 2014
#17
Now you've got me rethinking my post (#22). I'm still pretty sure about what I wrote but
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#23
If one is worried about that particular mistake, one can get a pistol with a magazine disconnects.
benEzra
Nov 2014
#20
I'm "petite." While I am fit I have small hands and not a lot of strength.
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#22
"Safer" will be entirely up to you, not the gun. Racking the slide and checking for a round in
Skeeter Barnes
Nov 2014
#37