Power has little to do with lethality, in so far as your average citizen is concerned. A .22, the “weakest” caliber you’re going to commonly find in a firearm, will kill you just fine. A 9mm, one of the most common pistol cartridges, has no problem killing. A faster moving, more powerful, rifle cartridge ends up having the same effective ability against a regular person.
This ends up meaning that factors other than the firearms strength is what we control for. Pistols are insanely easy to conceal, meaning you’re more likely to get into a favorable position to use one, compared to a much larger rifle that’s going to draw a ton of attention walking around with. Same principle as sawn-off shotguns being illegal in some places, too easy to conceal.
Power has little to do with lethality, in so far as your average citizen is concerned. A .22, the “weakest” caliber you’re going to commonly find in a firearm, will kill you just fine. A 9mm, one of the most common pistol cartridges, has no problem killing. A faster moving, more powerful, rifle cartridge ends up having the same effective ability against a regular person.
This ends up meaning that factors other than the firearms strength is what we control for. Pistols are insanely easy to conceal, meaning you’re more likely to get into a favorable position to use one, compared to a much larger rifle that’s going to draw a ton of attention walking around with. Same principle as sawn-off shotguns being illegal in some places, too easy to conceal.