# Let's talk about when guns DID save the day.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-when-guns-did-save-the-day/654177>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 28, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-when-guns-did-save-the-day/654177 "2013-03-28T14:53:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-when-guns-did-save-the-day/654177/61 "2013-04-01T02:43:06Z")

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> Police say two men broke in through the second floor bathroom window of Heng’s home on the 1400 block of S. 6th Street just before 1 a.m…
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> Heng was sleeping when he heard his 14-year-old son screaming. Realizing his son was in danger, Heng immediately took action…
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> When police arrived, they found one of the men on the back roof dead…
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> Officials say Heng will not be charged because he has a right to carry a gun inside his home even though he doesn’t have a permit.

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**Author:** ![Doggo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/87869e/32.png) [@Doggo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doggo)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-when-guns-did-save-the-day/654177/62 "2013-04-01T11:56:13Z")

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> [@thelurkinghorror](#):
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> Probably only one contributory factor among many is that armies (officially) have to use FMJ or similar bullets, which pass through more readily than other types such as hollow point. The latter is encouraged for home defense because it more effective but especially less likely to pass through walls.

Hmmmmmm. When the M16 was introduced into the army of my country in the 70s ( if I remember correctly ) the scepticism we held towards the tiddly little bullets ( we used .308 SLRs then, and they really did put people down ) was countered by “them” telling us they tumbled in the air and would rip up anyone they hit.  
Not that I ever found out if it was true myself.

Whatever, hitting a moving target with a hand gun is not as easy as the movies would have us believe. I would certainly like as many bullets as possible in the magazine.

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