Just in Case: The Rationale for Spare Gun Magazines
By Keith Coniglio
Gun writer & activist, Keith Coniglio, makes the case for why you can not have too many spare gun magazines. Of course we think you will agree.
USA –-(Ammoland.com)- Whether it’s because of the inconvenience of yet another item to carry (and conceal), or the old saw, “if I can’t get it done in [insert an arbitrary number of rounds here], more probably won’t help,” many gun owners who carry a defensive firearm “just in case” deride fellow CCW holders who choose to carry one or even two spare magazines … “just in case.”
The pragmatic focus is usually on how many rounds you may “need” in a defensive shooting.
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An FBI statistical figure of 3.7 rounds is often cited.
Confusing a calculated average with an ironclad guarantee that you won’t be the statistical outlier, however, could be a fatal error.
Just ask Sergeant Timothy Gramins, formerly of the Skokie, IL police department.
In 2009, he was in pursuit of a suspected bank robber, who slammed his vehicle to a halt and bailed out, firing at Sergeant Gramins. Gramins, a …Read the Rest
Source:: AmmoLand
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