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Considering picking up a small hand gun.

Just thinking about calibers off the top of my head,

I had the thought, does anyone really ant to be shot by a .22 whether short or LR? I know this is probably not an ideal "stopper" but I would think you pull any pistol firing any bullets on a bad guy, esp one without a gun, he's going to be running the other way.

I'm not saying I want a .22 pistol, just running through some ideas in my head.

I'm open to small gun suggestions, I think ideally I'd want a 9mm, but that
Ruger LCP in .380 10oz
vs. LC9mm 17oz

I think it would be nice to have something small to carry, I'm kind of thinking smaller the better,

I'll probably do more plinking /target shooting than anything with it.

Maybe I need 2, why decide? haha.

Anyone have one of these small guns? curious if a super light .380 might kick more than a light 9mm?

I've read about light guns kicking, not that I enjoy shooting .44mag a lot, but I found it very manageable, so sometimes I wonder if worrying about small light guns kicking isn't really something to worry about? but I could see the point that they might not be enjoyable to shoot a lot of rounds through.

Thanks for any insight/suggestions.

Also laser vs no laser?
Do these guns with lasers slide into holsters well? they look like they would be awkward to fit, or do they have special holsters now for these style guns?

Can you get snakeloads for the .380?
I know you can for the 9mm.
Or do they make cups for the .380 and handload some snakeloads for the .380?