Many people have a movie-fantasy view about guns and their fighting off hordes of terrorists or some action shootout with evildoers in their home. It is just that, fantasy. In those fantascies they invision being heroic for killing bad people like an action hero. Unfortunately, even many police officers have such view. Among my jobs is to train officers to think otherwise and instead real applications and correct usages of firearms in real-world terms.
However, it is more dangerous a view for citizens rather than officers. Officers understand the consequences of shooting someone dead and of doing so wrongly. Citizens don't and the overwhelming number of gun-deaths in homes are so-called "accidental" deaths.
Your comment about preferring rocks over a rubber bullet then backed up by metal bullets just indicates your fantasy only allows senarios of killing armed assailants as an action hero and no understand of mental-physical reaction times, impact force or any any reality other than you as the action hero.
Unlike your mono-load view, my firearms are loaded each with a variety of ammo, which I will change for the circumstances of carry of potential usage. For example, 1st round rubber bullet, then hollow point (stopping power) and the next steel jacketed (for penetration) etc. That is my 1911 45s. For shotguns, the diversity is even greater. But, then, unlike you, I can fire multiple rounds and even go through multiple clips rather quickly and accurately - the latter being more important.
Otherwise for your comment expressing your opposition to multiple type rounds in your firearm, I gather you have a particularly weak finger and can only manage pulling off one shot every few seconds and therefore you couldn't to fire a second lethal round for many seconds.
At close range any marksman could not only knock anyone down with a rubber bullet, but kill someone with one. You really don't know what you're talking about comparing a rock to a rubber bullet. They are considered "semi lethal." Depends where they hit and at what velocity.
I seriously doubt you'll ever had the situation where you are Matt Dillon in a quick draw contest with the villian, but that's what you envision.
There are so many presumptions in this post about me personally that I feel compelled to rebut:
Contrary to your opinion, I have no movie fantasy, no desire to get into a shootout, fight off terrorists. I don't envision being heroic, in fact, I would prefer to never have to fire my self defense weapons for their intended purpose. The only time I have ever fired my weapons in defense was to stop a vicious attack by two dogs on a young boy. Hardly heroic, and not a movie fantasy. Contrary to your opinion I do understand the consequences of killing a person, rightly or wrongly. Most CCW holders do. Your suggestion that legal gun owners are involved in more accidental deaths than other groups is false. I would like a reference to any any substantiation of any of this paragraph.
My comment about preferring rocks over rubber bullets was not an endorsement of rocks as a weapon, but rather my lack of endorsement of rubber bullets. Rubber bullets may be OK for LEO crowd control, but I don't do that kind of work. Ditto my mono load view as opposed to your multi load view. I doubt that any home invader or auto hijacker is going to wait around while I change loads for the purpose. LEO have that luxury, I do not.
Frankly, you haven't a clue how fast I can get off multiple rounds accurately, nor do you have a clue how much training, experience, range time, or mental preparation I have. I don't have a particularly weak finger, and can fire off 5 shots from my LCR in far less time than you imply, and I do not have, or need, multiple clips, speed loaders, or high capacity magazines. By the time my revolvers are empty, the fight will be over, and someone will be disabled or dead. I prefer revolvers as I am more familiar with them, and consider them safer and more reliable. I also have enough range time to hone my skills and my confidence to the point that will fulfill my needs in self defense.
You are dead damn wrong in your assumption that I consider myself to ever be in a quick draw situation with Matt Dillon. Not my purpose with a firearm. Self defense is.
I could outline my experience qualifications for you, but I won't bother. Not relevant to this post, nor is your personal attack.