Oh don't worry about being a gun noob. I had no idea what a .32 was before he posted that picture.This is going to sound dumb, but I'm such a gun-noob. Do .32 handguns pack more punch than .22 rifles? I know the bullets that a .22 fires are measely little suckers, but the rifles themselves are bigger so I can't help but think they have more power. XD Or do the gages of rifle and pistol bullets not line up the same, so the numbers don't mean anything?