These are the calibers used nowadays by deer hunters in their more politically correct hunting rifles with hardwood stocks. In Switzerland, every home is required to maintain its own fully automatic military assault weapon. Crime in Switzerland is negligible compared to the United States. Personal military weapons in the hands of the people are an established national security asset. At the level of the individual, merely possessing a firearm provides a measure of protection to the owner's life, property, and freedom.
Crime statistics show that firearms are, without a doubt, the most effective self-defense tools.
Your chances of surviving, without injury, an attack by a criminal are best when your self-defense strategy includes arming yourself with a gun. Noted criminologist Gary Kleck has shown through his objective, unbiased research that firearms are used to prevent crimes about 2 million times per year in this country. Showing the bad-guy you are armed and refuse to be a victim usually thwarts the attack. The data irrefutably show crime is worse where citizens are prohibited from possessing firearms. Criminals prefer to operate in areas where they are given a government guarantee that their victims will be unarmed.