Jim Taylor
Concerning Concealed Carry Guns
Monday, July 20, 2026, 07:26

I have noticed something about Carry guns ...

Every time I've had an encounter with an armed individual that had a chance of going the wrong way, I never gave a thought to the caliber of the gun they were carrying. All I was concerned about was the possibility of them using it, no matter what it was. Thankfully those kind of situations have never happened very often.

But it seems that a lot of us who carry spend all kinds of energy thinking, defending, justifying or plain worrying about what caliber we carry. However, when it comes down to facing it, the caliber really does not matter. Those of you who have had a bullet or two go past you in close proximity can testify that you never thought, "Oh! He's only using a .22" or whatever it was. The caliber that was fired at you was not real important. What was important is that you did not want that to continue!

After years of carrying and thinking about it, I figured out that I am most comfortable carrying whatever I feel familiar with. Whatever I shoot quite a bit. What I can make hits with. What I can use without thinking about how to use it. Caliber is way down toward the bottom of the list.