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Originally Posted by Hippikos
BTW I saw on that pic with you that you own a gun with a telescope. Is that for self defense also? At least that was what I thought, because it was in an article about self defense.
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It *could* be used for home defense, although that is not its primary use by design. That rifle fires .22LR ammunition, and is best used for target shooting (or possibly hunting small nuisance animals; but we're friends with the local woodchucks --a.k.a "groundhogs"-- and tend to leave them alone.). .22LR would not be my first choice for a self-defense load even in a rifle; it doesn't deliver enough kinetic energy to be effective against larger targets.
The scope sight is useful because of the distances at which the rifle is used. and we included it in the photo shoot to add visual interest, since Gwen was already displaying her Kimber autoloader.
I first shot .22LR on the rifle team in college--although of course a scope is not used in competition! In fact, there was a time when training in small caliber rifle was very common in US secondary schools; .22LR is a good training load because the recoil is light and the beginning shooter--of either long guns or handguns--can develop the fundamentals without the likelyhood of developing a flinch.
But I certainly don't intend to attempt to justify the weapons owned by my household to an obvious hoplophobe.