Handgun STOPPING POWER .. sorted:

 "We must all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately,"   

attributed to Benjamin Franklin 

Note: At the end of this piece I link to a 2024 NZ Medical Study into the Lethality & dangers of modern Air Rifles ..

I'm taking an opportunity to once again re-post Greg Ellifritz's FACT BASED assessment of what is the best caliber for a defensive carry gun ..

Not opinion - but FACT.

Here it is .. https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/an-alternate-look-at-handgun-stopping-power

Greg's latest comment on effectively stopping an attack by bad guys is  .. THE CALIBER YOU USE MATTERS LESS THAN WHERE YOU HIT.

Again, I gleefully point-out that the recorded figures clearly graph that my pet 'mouse gun' caliber .. the 32, was the TOP STOPPING CALIBER .. no doubt this results from the ease of controlling shot placement, - this same feature also similarly applies to the 22 LR.

Indeed - I will opine - even IF all you have, or all you are allowed to have, - is an outdated technology blackpowder non-cartridge gun - you are still be able to defend yourself, property and family as long as you fully understand it's use and technology. Many dangerous animals have been dispatched over many centuries by folk armed with matchlocks, flintlocks, and caplocks .. and before that, by edged weapons, bows and spears etc.

- And, if your circumstances allow .. Greg suggests don't mess about with pistols and revolvers for self defense but use a rifle or a SHOTGUN.

Common Sense strongly indicates that anyone owning, carrying, and shooting any handgun - seriously needs to train and practice with that tool so as to maximise their effectiveness and to eliminate danger to innocent lives.

Greg was a law enforcement officer and is a Firearms Instructer. He spent YEARS collecting police records data from actual shooting events.

NSW Police Presence At a Shooting Event AFTER It Happened ..

Life is good, - Are YOU Fit and Proper? Are NZ Police FIT AND PROPER PERSONS? - HOW many senior NZ Police Commissioners have resigned/retired now? - SEVEN - any more to come? - Five replacement commissioners have been appointed to date. In The Interest of PUBLIC SAFETY .. We NEED

FIREARMS LICENCES FOR NZ POLICE.

Ex Prime Minister & current Leader of the NZ Labour Party, The Rt Hon Chris Hipkins MP is disqualified from obtaining a New Zealand FIREARMS LICENCE as a 'Fit & Proper Person' because he has a record of arrest for violent protest, in September 1997.

Ex Prime Minister with Ex Police Commissioner ..

Marty K.

What to expect next ..?

Link to a Gamo Swarm Fusion .22 Air Rifle 'PORCINE" Medical Study:

 https://nzmj.org.nz/media/pages/journal/vol-137-no-1591/children-s-toys-no-longer-a-porcine-model-study-of-the-lethality-of-modern-air-rifles/dcf42157e3-1709520345/6378.pdf

CONCLUSION: Our study raises significant concerns about the potential lethality of unrestricted air rifles in New Zealand. With muzzle velocities comparable to small-bore rifles, these firearms should be reconsidered in terms of regulation and possibly restricted to gun license holders.  

Quote .. As these weapons become more refined and other firearms become more restricted, it would be reasonable to assume that wounding with criminal intent may also become more common.