A few facts are missing here.
A .22, which in this context is referring to .22LR(not the kind of 22 an AR uses) has very little stopping power. It has lethal power, and one who takes a bullet to the right place will die later on, especially if not treated, but it does not have the the immediate ability to stop an intruder/assailant n his tracks before he’s ready to shoot at you, chas veshalom.
A.22 with hollow points or so called RIP bullets(radically invasive projectile) would maybe work, but i don’t know if they even make it for .22lr
A 9mm has far more stopping power, and for this reason it is the preferred weapon of police, because the goal is to neutralize danger, not to necessarily kill. A shotgun has considerably more stopping power, but is impractical to use in a home because of parts of the shot penetrating walls and potentially hitting other people.
The downside to a larger caliber is recoil and lack of precision if a person is not highly trained.
Another point that is not being addressed is that criminals will have guns regardless of gun policy. It isn’t like in Europe where they were able to get rid of most guns; American has literally more guns in circulation than people. You can bemoan that reality – and i don’t necessarily agree or disagree with that – but once it is that reality, stronger laws on law abiding citizens is a knee jerk reaction to violence, over 90% of which is committed by illegally possessed weapons.
A new gun feature coming out might make a big difference. Many manufacturers are looking into biometrically locked guns, where only the registered owner will be able to operate it, based on fingerprint. This would prevent teens from accessing their parents’ legal guns, etc…
The gun lobbyists won’t want to ban non-biometric licked guns, but just as the far left used to be crazy about the 1st amendment,and champion the rights of nazis to march in skokie, the gun crowd needs to not be fanatical about the 2nd amendment and accept somr sort of oversight.
It also doesn’t help that anti gun activists usually have zero knowledge of guns. Take a rifle and show it to people, and they’ll think it’s a hunting gun. Slap a magazine feed to the bottom and it’s an “assault weapon” and “military grade,” when literally everything else about it is identical.
CT…the supreme court knows the constitution and ruled that the 2nd amendment guarantees a right for citizens to own guns, perhaps “because” of the need for militia, but not limited TO a militia. Once something is allowed, it doesn’t matter what it’s used for. כיון דאישתרי אישתרי
Ideally people shouldn’t have guns at all. But once the criminals have them, it puts people in danger to disarm or severely limit people’s ability to defend themselves.