Um, actually there are quite a few pistols designed for hunting. Many large caliber revolvers and thompson contenders.

Someone who actually looked at numbers? I'm sorry I am going to have to ask you to leave as reason and logic is not allowed here on slashdot.

What about self defense? That's a pretty good application as well, though for that application I DO want a gun that is good at killing people.

You sir, deserve far more than just 5 karma points for your post.

[Citation Needed]

Just because you can get elected, does not mean you are smart. At all.

A reasonable response. Training the average person to hit a man sized target usually only takes an hour or so of instruction and usually just a few rounds on the range. Most of the women I train can hit a man sized target reliably at 25 feet in just a magazine or 2. Martial arts also depends heavily on the person attacking you. If that person is 6'3" and 250lbs and has any kind of defensive training, very few people would be able to stop them let alone a 120lb female that stands 5'4" (the last woman I trained).

As for killing muggers and robbers, usually the presence of a firearm will persuade them to leave very quickly. If it doesn't and they become aggressive, then they had no plans of leaving you alive to begin with. So the presence of a firearm in that situation has nothing but a positive impact for the victim. (unless they do something asinine)

Where is your citation for your claim? I own firearms and recently have trained several new shooters in defense. Most of them in the last 2 years have been robbed or mugged. Sounds pretty clear cut to me.

Do you even know or understand what the Gunshow loophole is? And even so, what does that have to do with anything?

werent they worth ~20-25$ USD not even 3-4 months ago?

No it wont.

You big-ketchup shill. Everyone knows Rold Gold is the finest in tomato based confectionery condiments. NO BLOOD FOR KETCHUP!

All I read in that post was "I hate fun, and no one else should ever have fun because I don't like it."

What what is a better means of defense? Ill take any of my pistols over a baseball bat any day.

Yet plenty of "normal" safes use the exact same methods and technologies. The only difference if whats inside the safe. If I take a normal safe and put a gun in it is it suddenly a gun safe? If a "Gun" safe has no guns in it is it still a "Gun" safe?

Care to elaborate hot shot? I own a liberty and 2 stack ons.