All the bad guys I've personally encountered were working alone. There are numerous real life accounts on these forums of others having the same experience (road rager, the recent druggie with a towel in his lap confronting the grandpa, etc). I think the types of violent crimes women are more likely to experience or to need to use deadly force to protect themselves from might be different from those men worry about. For example, most women who are murdered were murdered by a partner or ex-partner, I believe. Most rapists also tend to work individually, I believe.G192627 wrote:I underlined the key thing for me. The single bad guy is the exception, not the rule. They travel in pairs at a minimum most of the time, right? I can't remember the last story I've read or heard about a single bad guy.Excaliber wrote:[
Consider that the national average hit ratio for police officers in gunfights is around 18%. Now, you may be far more proficient in the use of your .380 than most police officers are with their service pistols (or not), but it's worthwhile to consider that 18% of five isn't even a whole 1. Facing the usual 2 or more BG's with a likelihood of one potential hit (which may or may not put that individual out of action) out of 5 available and a backup plan that consists only of fleet feet is well outside of my personal comfort zone.
YMMV.
I don't mean to imply what percentage is what or to enter the debate on whether a .380 is sufficient for two or more or whatever else. I'm only saying that the assertion that bad guys only comes in pairs is not accurate.
Different people need to protect themselves primarily from different groups. A woman who gets a handgun because she has an individual stalker is facing a very different dynamic than the owner of a convenience store whose needs are different from a police officer whose job is to engage bad guys whose needs are different from the military whose needs are different from an inner city grandma who is facing break-ins who is different from a middle to upper class male who is worried about Luby's or Denny's or other random and untargeted crime. The last group, if they face a situation requiring deadly force, will most likely face robbery which means they're more likely to face multiple assailants. That doesn't mean that their needs or concerns are the same as everyone else's and likewise the type of firearm best suited to the person and the situation will not be the same, either.