One problem with the article by the medical examiner is that it doesn't tell how quickly the bad guys were actually stopped. The objective is to stop an attack, and it may not do you any good if the bad guy expires an hour later. The medical examiner is assuming that a round is good because he has a dead guy with said round in his body laying on the table, but that doesn't actually tell anyone what happened on the "street" when the bad guy was shot. Even with all the data in the world on a given shooting, you can only draw general conclusions because no two shootings are exactly alike (unless you are shooting blocks of jell-o in a lab, and even then there will be very minor variations as no two bullets are exactly alike).
That being said, either .357 or .45 should do a fine job if you put it where it will do some good (as will several other calibers, provided that they can reach something vital). Strictly between the two, I like .45 for indoors, and either is fine for outdoors.
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Last edited by Tracer_Bullet; 10-15-2011 at 07:54 PM.
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