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The 357 MAG and 357 SIG are overloaded rounds beyond the capability and preference of many people in the market for self defense firearms. One logical thing to reduce the overall impact is to overload a smaller round. Hence, the 327 MAG. Whether it catches on in the market or not, from a ballistics engineering standpoint the 327 MAG is a vast improvement over the 357's. We haven't seen an FBI test on the 327 MAG yet, but general expectations for the 115 grain round is that penetration through denim and gel will be 16-18 inches, accompanied by adequate expansion. This is going to make for one humdinger of a PD revolver in an eight shot K frame. Barring that, perhaps Ruger will chamber it in the three inch GP100. Good enough.

Witnesses who talk to police often take their lives in their own hands because doing so can get them targeted by gangbangers who might otherwise ignore them. That isn’t made up, I’ve seen it happen

Indeed it does: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 11SA9M.DTL

“The state...serves to encourage disobedience to the federal Constitution which it is bound to uphold�

--U.S. Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark.

Texas, like most states, has simply got it wrong on weapons laws.

double edged knives are illegal for civilians to carry (in Texas)

Wonder how many cops in the Lone Star State carry one?

The U.S. Supreme Court says by implication you can carry a knife, and did not specify in Heller an length or edge limitations. Certainly a knives were commonly owned civilian arms "back in the day." Surely some must have had double edges, further entrenching your right to carry one.

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Reloading ANYTHING at this stage is going to be difficult, if not impossible

Empty a gun in a person-to-person confrontation, you can forget about reloading with multiple attackers. It is now a knife fight, assuming you have one. I hope that is a valid assumption. Because if it is not, you have sacrificed the rest of any advantage you many have unless you are an expert in hand-to-hand combat or can run like the wind. Close and go for the kill. Get the closest strong one first, then one or more weaker ones. The rest will probably be gone at that point, if not before. Reloading is for the range and standoff situations like mall shooters. Great thing about a knife is that it's a repeating arm that never runs out of ammo.


Double Edged Cold Steel Tai Pan

The best combat knife, as explained to me once by a guy in a green beret at Ft. Benning, GA has a double edged blade that cuts both ways when it enters a throat and is thrust back-and-forth in a sideways motion. This individual was conducting training after three tours in Vietnam. I took him at his word.

I suspect Jerry Miculek's revolver shooting time per round with reload is only outdone by his semi auto performance. There is a video on the net somewhere to that effect. Also, people in South Louisiana are a little quick on the trigger to begin with.