scaatylobo
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There are far too many instances of ACTUAL S/D shootings that ended with the threat of deadly force [ GUN ] or the firing of one or 2 rounds ,screaming DERRINGER !!.The discussion here is about derringers. It is not funny.
Eight score years ago, derringers compared reasonably well with other concealable firearms available. Some people carried a brace of two.
Today, however, there are numerous small alternatives that are safer, that contain more ammunition, that can be deployed more quickly and with one hand, and that can be fired a second time much more rapidly.
They represent much better choices for self defense.
Defensive scenarios in which derringers might suffice exist primarily as unrealistic fantasies conjured up for the purpose.
For a dose of reality, I suggest trying one out in a good defensive pistol course.
Right now I cannot remember any drill in which a defender might have succeeded with a derringer.
Facts beat conjecture all the time.
The NRA front page of actual gun usage that ended well has enough "gun presented,threat ended" to fill a few hundred pages.
The very same goes for the actual firing [ not often a hit ] of a gun being fired and the threat ended.
Hope you see the point here,a gun [ ANY GUN ] can end a threat.
Key word being "can" not will.
As a youth I bet my life on the one word [ can ] ,and it paid enough dividends for me to be here !