beats a 280 all to heck now doesn't it. I like you am a believer in the big bullet going in, bigger hole coming out theory. you don't need 18 rounds of 9mm to stop an attack at close range. If you do then instead of shooting photos with your camera, you need to be shooting targets with your hangun. As a former cop, i salute your taking responsability for your safety. the police can not be everywhere, one major accident can tie up most of a small towns cops. a police whistle will do you no good and in fact will probably get the snot kicked out of you. a tripod makes a nice club, a folding knife in a camera bag or even a large cannister of pepper spray would work better. I also hope you are a member of the national rifle association, who are batteling the obama liberals repeated attempts to circumvent the 2nd amendment.

I like your idea. Since I had surgery this week, I couldn't go out to take photos but took a few photos of things around my house. Just playing with my camera.