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believe all the internet BS about how the meth tweakers, bath salt smokers, crack cocaine abusers, gang bangers and psychopaths are gonna run as soon as you flash that little .380

Just read this part. If someone isn't frightened by the sight of a .380 then they're not going to be frightened by any other handgun. Does a .45 have more stopping power than a .380? Absolutely, but several shots on target with either is going to stop an attack 9/10 times. The noise alone is enough to let the attacker know shite just got real. Barring a headshot, if a guy is tweaked up enough to run through a few .380 rounds then he's probably tweaked up enough to run through a few .45 rounds.

Bottom line, if you can hit your target you've got a really good chance of escaping unscathed. In the scenario that a pocket .380 doesn't stop an attack it's unlikely that a full sized 9mm would either.

Anyhow, if I can hit my target with even half of the rounds in my .380 magazine I feel confident that I could finish defending myself from my now holy attacker with my pocket knife and bare hands. I'm ruling out the possibility that the tweaked out assailant is carrying a gun or two, because a dopehead would have pawned his gun a long time ago

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Posted by uway

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Posted on 12/24/13 at 11:02 am to Riseupfromtherubble

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If someone isn't frightened by the sight of a .380 then they're not going to be frightened by any other handgun.

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Barring a headshot, if a guy is tweaked up enough to run through a few .380 rounds then he's probably tweaked up enough to run through a few .45 rounds.

You're missing his point(s).
You shouldn't count on ANY gun frightening someone into running off, so WHATEVER gun you are carrying should be of sufficient caliber to actually do the deed effectively.
As to the accuracy, he's not saying 9mm guns are more accurate than 380s, he's saying that you shouldn't carry a small caliber unless you have a very high opinion of your marksmanship under duress, because most people aren't going to be able to make headshots under duress no matter what gun they are carrying, so whatever gun you're carrying shouldn't require headshots to stop the threat.

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Bottom line, if you can hit your target you've got a really good chance of escaping unscathed. In the scenario that a pocket .380 doesn't stop an attack it's unlikely that a full sized 9mm would either.

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Anyhow, if I can hit my target with even half of the rounds in my .380 magazine I feel confident that I could finish defending myself from my now holy attacker with my pocket knife and bare hands. I'm ruling out the possibility that the tweaked out assailant is carrying a gun or two, because a dopehead would have pawned his gun a long time ago

IMHO there is a ton of fail in what you said there.
You shouldn't give out any advice on this stuff.

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