- Five rounds in my .45 Colt single-action and five more in my pocket. I hope I don’t face more than five bad guys at a time!
Well, I hope I pass away peacefully at 125 y/0 
and not have ever had to use mine for purposes other poking holes in targets and as a prop for me to clean when I am meeting one of my daughters potential boyfriends. 
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It’s worked really well so far. Her boyfriend’s have been amazingly polite. 
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I remember how my dad just so happened to need to clean his firearms when a young man showed up to meet my sister. The guy that wasn’t intimidated by that ended up marrying her.
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I’ve done that, too, many years ago, with the blessings of the boyfriend’s father who was a close friend! What a funny video that would have made…if we had something to make a video with in those days!
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You just don’t know. 
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I like Colin’s response.
As many as it takes.
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For me, it takes as many as it takes for the threat to be stopped. Not killed, stopped. If I am in a position where I am in fear of great physical harm, and/or Death. I will fire as many rounds down that it takes to cause that threat to stop. That does include retreat, because that threat Is stopped, due to it retreating.
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I am Gunsite Alumni, i value Col. Coopers teachings greatly, it has saved me more than once.
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It depends. It depends upon which one of three firearms I am carrying, and it ultimately depends upon where I am or am going. I rarely carry more than a single msg because my threat level is quite low. However, I’m a fairly good shot (rated expert within two branches of the military) so I figure I can be fairly effective with 8-10 rounds.
Dan
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My usual carry is a Springfield hellcat. I carry 12 rounds in the firearm and a spare 15 round mag. Both are factory Springfield mags so I really don’t see a legal issue. Most firearm failures relate to a magazine so a spare mag just makes common sense for me.
On rare occasion I carry my sig p938. 8 rounds on board eight round spare mag. For me I’m not hung up on round count. If I need more than a few rounds I’m not in a self defense situation I’m in a war and I probably should have found a way to avoid that.
Great post.
IDK. I respect the carrier no matter the rounds, 1, 6, 15. As long as you try to learn more ongoing-ly, about safe use, and make changes.
We each have our own reasons for the number we carry; I suppose they’l try to use it against us in court, but I’d rather carry my chosen number and face the risk in court. That’s not for everyone, we each differ.
Real life example below, it happened so fast. Avoid, watch your surroundings. Big, beautiful, new brightly colored car in Chicago; Not his fault, but the wolves thought she was a sheep; He wasn’t, but he taught us all lessons. A good and innocent man. We honor him.
Presently, got 5 shots of 22 magnum and 6 shots of 44 magnum with 2 extra strips of 6 44mag…
Hoping my FFL can find me the Girsan 1911 Hunter 6" in 10mm
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How many rounds was the carrier able to fire?
It looks to me like the threats were all retreating after 1 shot fired and maybe a few shot max?
No one who has ever been in a gunfight and survived, has thought to themselves; “I need to carry less ammo.”
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Peace of mind, less worry, less brain cells lost. For the small amount of added weight to carry, invaluable.
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This is tragic. My heart goes out to his loved ones. Retirement isn’t supposed to go like this.
That said. The video doesn’t show where the victim was shot, but I can see what may have contributed to it. Watch the video slowly and it will become clear.
As to the OPs question and current events, I change my position to: Not enough.
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From watching the video, they were shooting at him while running away.
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hmmm… depends on what I’m carrying…
anywhere from 16 rounds all the way up to 30…
usually carry firearm, and 2 mags…
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How many rounds was the carrier able to fire?
Even if the carrier hadn’t been hit, and even if he continued to fire at them as they possibly fired while running away, given that they were running away pretty much immediately upon taking return fire, how many rounds might the carrier have been able to (both practically speaking and legally) fire? I’ll put a single mag in a single stack pistol holding ~7 rounds would on the “over”, if I were to wager
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