A modern 40 caliber pistol. I'm going to go out on limb and guess there were more than 10 rounds in the magazine. Colorado homeowner emptied pistol to kill bear that broke in.
Not that the media will provide more info, because the narrative must be defended. Though this is a story I covered last week. It is worth repeating because it makes a point.
He shot the bear once, and all that did was make it mad.
In an interview, Ken Mauldin said he grabbed his 40-caliber pistol, took his wife’s place at the door and shot once, aiming for the center of the bear’s body. He thinks the first shot hit the bear and it charged him as Mauldin continued firing.
As he was shooting, the bear got as close as 5 feet (1.5 meters) from Mauldin and then turned toward the stairs leading to the home’s front door. The bear crashed through a bannister as Mauldin emptied the gun and slid down the stairs, mortally wounded.
How many rounds you need for self-defense sort of depends on any number of factors that you can't know ahead of time, but it will include things like are you dealing with a freaking bear, or if there are multiple bad guys. Also, how many times am I allowed to miss when I am shaking from the stress and the adrenaline?
Self-defense is a human-right.
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