There are better choices than the .380, now that Kahr and Walther and others make pocket sized 9mm and .40 and .45 pistols. .380 is too weak to reliably punch through bone, which is what some critters and badguys are made from.
Attempted suicides to the bottom of the jaw fail with lots of rounds, including 12 gauge birdshot that many ignorant forum members argue "acts like a slug at close range".
More poweful cartridges make a hit that would have been an irritation with a lesser caliber into a stopping shot.
Attempted suicides to the bottom of the jaw fail with lots of rounds, including 12 gauge birdshot that many ignorant forum members argue "acts like a slug at close range".
It isn't the gun or the caliber, its where you get shot.
More poweful cartridges make a hit that would have been an irritation with a lesser caliber into a stopping shot.