re: Home protection weapon

What on earth are you babbling about little boy?

Judge is typically the go to for folks new to firearms with little knowledge. Great marketing behind the gun, so you can't blame the thought process. Truly, the judge/governor is a good camp/pack pistol or hunting side arm to dispatch snakes. It doesn't shine anywhere and there are literaly a hundred better options for home/personal defense.

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Taurus Judge and Lehigh defense maximum expansion or Hornady triple defense, pretty hard to beat!

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I dont know, I think it's very easy to have WAYYYYYY better performance than what a judge can give you. The .45 long colt ammo you mentioned has 369 ft/lbs of kinetic energy at muzzle and you only get six rounds (5?) in a judge and it's $42 a box for 12 rounds. Compare that to Speer Gold Dot 124 grain +P 9mm at 364 ft/lbs of kinetic energy at muzzle with 17 rounds mag capacity out of a Glock 17 (incredible firepower) and approx $23 for a box of 20 rounds.

Top of entertainment center is a great idea, especially if you have some inverted trim moulding around the perimeter. Im sure you already know all the top dogs as far as 9mm polymers go but...

H&K VP9 (striker fired offering from them)
Walther PPQ M2
Glock 17 & 19
Springfield XDM
S&W M&P
Ruger SR9

and I know alot of guys on here are big fans of the CZ 75 as a steel framed gun as well as the Sig P226.

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Judge is typically the go to for folks new to firearms with little knowledge. Great marketing behind the gun, so you can't blame the thought process. Truly, the judge/governor is a good camp/pack pistol or hunting side arm to dispatch snakes. It doesn't shine anywhere and there are literally a hundred better options for home/personal defense.

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This ^^^^

And +1 to TigerOnTheHill's comments -- he's rarely (if ever) off the mark.

In today's world, it's not uncommon for assailants (home invasions, car jackers, muggers) to be on heavy-duty drugs, or be in urgent need of more heavy-duty drugs, or be mentally ill.

And it's easy for us to project our mental outlook onto these people. Most (if not all) of us would run if someone pointed a Judge, or a .22 pistol, or even a BB pistol at us. But many (too many) of these thugs won't stop until they've been rendered physically incapable of continuing their mission.

One approach is to think about which handgun, and which long gun, you'd want if a pitbull were to attack you or one of your kids. Then have one of those two guns handy all the time - 'cause a thug on bath salts might be a bigger threat than a pitbull.

Just my $.02 worth.

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Is a 410 shot gun shell to the face not adequate enough for you?

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I'm glad you finally took some advice because you came on here acting like you already knew the answer.

Listen to other people and then form an opinion. If you already have one then don't ask at all.

The Judge is not an ideal self defense gun. Simple as that. It does a few things OK but does nothing in particular effectively. The rifled barrel causes any sort of shotshell to expand very quickly. There are some specific defensive rounds for it but then it becomes a question of ergonomics and weight with the pistol. When using an effective, long shotshell, the gun is insanely long and heavy. When using 45 Colt, the cylinder is so long that lots of pressure is lost when the bullet has to pass through the air before contacting the rifling. This is also very detrimental to accuracy.

I completely agree that a polymer 9mm is versatile and effective. If you want a handgun for home defense it's hard to beat 15-17 9mm hollowpoints at your disposal.

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You don't want to be putting 5.56 hardball through the walls.

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Bap I read something on that a while back that was saying that's actually not anymore a problem than with other rounds, pistol etc. but I can't recall exactly.

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12ga pump
#4 buck

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^^^^ This is what I have in my bedroom, fine gift given to me by the fine folks of the Laurel PD years ago. Small riot shotgun thats easily hidden. Glock 27 in the truck, Glock 23 in bedroom, .38 in bathroom and one in kitchen, 12ga in closet, misc weapons thruout the rest of house..... you never know where your gona be at when someone wants to get stupid.

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Bap I read something on that a while back that was saying that's actually not anymore a problem than with other rounds, pistol etc. but I can't recall exactly.

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I guess I should specify that almost unanimously (there are always those little exceptions right?) you should always choose an expanding round of some kind.

I've heard that the even though the military is not locked into Hague Convention (since we didn't sign it) that they use hardball because a wounded enemy soldier is better than a dead enemy soldier. I'm sure there are some other big reasons but I've read that's one, whether it's true or not.

I know they're moving to "open-tipped match" ammo in certain areas. It's basically a hollow point without being called one. Nice work military!

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because a wounded enemy soldier is better than a dead enemy soldier.

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I read that in my older brother's Marine Corps handbook many moons ago. Apparently it requires the enemy to use up many more of their resources and personnel to care for the injured versus the dead. But this was against a conventional army, not the vermin we're fighting today. I doubt that terrorists give a frick about their wounded and I'm pretty sure we want to kill them, not just wound them.