> Circumstances requiring engaging with pistols == bad day for everyone
I've shot a bit, but only rimfire long guns, air rifles, and air pistols. The pistols were harder to shoot by a _long_ margin, and I can imagine it'd get orders of magnitude harder w/ more recoil, noise to promote flinching, etc. etc.
So with your comments in mind, and my own limited experience, do you have any idea why every Police-critter here in Australia is armed with a pistol, rather than something easier to use? I mean, in my head it looks like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHEhMKQhGKE
"It feels like you're shooting a toy gun sometimes" (similar to my experience w/ a suppressed semi-auto .22LR)
vs. this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXeYAfMeaBY
The only things I can think of in favour of the pistol:
* Cheaper (maybe?)
* Less intrusive / easier to carry (for the 99.99% of the time when you _don't_ need it).
* Less intimidating (for those who don't know how hard it is to hit a moving target w/ a pistol ;) ).
I've shot a bit, but only rimfire long guns, air rifles, and air pistols. The pistols were harder to shoot by a _long_ margin, and I can imagine it'd get orders of magnitude harder w/ more recoil, noise to promote flinching, etc. etc.
So with your comments in mind, and my own limited experience, do you have any idea why every Police-critter here in Australia is armed with a pistol, rather than something easier to use? I mean, in my head it looks like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHEhMKQhGKE
"It feels like you're shooting a toy gun sometimes" (similar to my experience w/ a suppressed semi-auto .22LR)
vs. this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXeYAfMeaBY
The only things I can think of in favour of the pistol:
* Cheaper (maybe?)
* Less intrusive / easier to carry (for the 99.99% of the time when you _don't_ need it).
* Less intimidating (for those who don't know how hard it is to hit a moving target w/ a pistol ;) ).