Yeah, every bullet is different, most of the large calibers will fragment after a couple feet.

I am at home for several hours every day, that is plenty of time where I can have a rifle close at hand. I still maintain that a good rifle is practical in the home if you so choose.

Depends on what they fire into... water is different than flesh or ballistics medium.

Well... thats just horrible technique... and you can have the exact same problem with a handgun if you enter a room that way. (you do hold the handgun out in front of you arms extended... which BTW is what causes you to have less control and grip on the gun)

Do you know the calibers? Not many rifle rounds fragment, some do though.

Yup... same with the sex offender laws in the US... Getting drunk... finding a long line to the bathroom... deciding to do the dumb thing and piss out back behind the dumpster... You are now a sex offender...

No... its because the theater is private property, and you must abide by the rules of the property owner. Not abiding by the rules means you are not allowed to be there and its trespassing. Getting arrested automatically voids a CCW.

Maybe its how I was taught to hold the rifle, but I can retain it better.

Like I mentioned... some do. Its physics not design though.

Well, some rifle rounds do fragment... its a factor of their shape and speed. Light and fast rounds tend to fragment more often than larger rifle calibers. Its all dependent on lots of factors within the ballistics... a round that fragments at a distance of 50 yards may not carry enough energy to do so at say, 100…

No big deal... Also remember that claims by marketing and salesmen do not always equal real world performance.

A rifle is harder to take out of your hands than a pistol... In fact I know a few ways to reliably disarm a person holding a pistol. Rifles are much harder to take away because you have a much stronger grip on a rifle...

No it isn't always deadly, but you must shoot with intent to kill. As I said, shooting with the intent to hit knees/legs is difficult even for a well trained shooter... No one trains that way for a reason... when things start happening, you just don't have the time to aim that small, nor will the adrenaline allow you…

Look up the frangible round gel tests... 3 inchs of penetration on average, a shot to the chest would be stopped by the ribs and strong muscles/connective tissue there.

Its not the only thing I am unhappy about... just the topic at hand.

If I am in my home... if a rifle is available, I will be using one to defend myself...

I can use most any firearm for self defense... the larger the round the better. (up to a point)

9mm has plenty of penetration, why would it be such a common round in the worlds military... a FMJ will easily penetrate 20+ inches of ballistics gel. Gun guys like to get into arguments over which is better, 45 or 9mm... and dumb things get said by both sides. There are easy to find charts and studies done on bullet…

Because all avid shooters have buying habits exactly as that guy did... meaning, either...

I think Colorado is a state that does not allow carry in those situations.