I grew up shooting with my father who was an NRA Safe Hunter instructor and lifetime hunter. I own a .22 rifle, but my son has it at his house right now. I've never gotten into shooting hand guns, not from lack of "want to",... just lack of having them around. The boys in our 4-H Rifle Club used to hate me because i always could shoot better than they could!
Love Mitch's "I carry smaller calibers (you know - the smaller size that'll just piss 'em off, not stop 'em...)"
I don't want to piss off anybody,... I would want to knock 'em down at least! I'm still grinning!