Mouseguns For Self-Defense

Bev Fitchett's Guns blog has an article on using "mouseguns"--essentially pocket-size handguns--for self-defense, going over both his advice on selecting such a weapon, and tactics for using (or when not to use) such a weapon in self-defense. An excerpt (emphasis in original):

    The most important factor with regard to tactics is a firm realization of the limitations of a mousegun. A mousegun is not suitable for engaging bad guys at long distance. Mouseguns are weapons of last resort, meant to be used really close up and personal. The purpose of a mousegun is simply to give you an edge - a chance to get out with your life. Sights are rudimentary, and mouseguns are not tack drivers. They are not range guns. They are designed to be "shot little and carried often," not the other way around. If you are under pressure, and are armed with a mousegun, you will do amazingly well to hit a man-sized target at three yards. Fast, excited shooting at over three yards is very iffy.

    Mouseguns are not suitable for firefights. If you are armed with only a mousegun, you do NOT run towards the gunfire. ...

I had a couple quibbles but, by far, found the author to have good, practical advice, so be sure to read the whole thing.