Bump in the form of a quote from
thetruthaboutguns.com"So come nightfall, I put [the FN 1910] beside the sleeping bag where I usually put that big S&W .45, in the unlikely event that the Manson family, or a meth-making crew, or a rabid beast shows up. And looking at that elegant but diminutive pistol, I found myself a little uneasy. Which led me to wonder why.
Have I been so Farago-fied that I consider anything less than a 9mm a “mouse gun?” Have not generations of Europeans, including James Bond, successfully defended themselves with pistols chambered for 7.65 Browning — a.k.a. .32 ACP? This was the caliber issued to policemen and military officers of just about every nation on the continent in the 20th century — a century known for some pretty efficient bloodletting.
Over here, the .32 ACP was the pocket pistol of choice throughout Prohibition. If the 7.65 is good enough for the Europeans, and the .32 ACP was good enough for the greatest generation, why is it no longer considered powerful enough for us? Are we smarter? Or — dare I ask — are we pussies for thinking we need ever-bigger guns to defend ourselves?"
