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Originally Posted by fredj338
Please don't use such sophomoric responses as the above. Know one wants to get hit by any projection, be it bullet or golf ball. If 22lr were all that was needed then we would all carry that.
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I'm just highlighting that there's a lot of nonsense surrounding handgun cartridges. Most popular defensive handgun cartridges are awful achieving the mythic "Stopping power." I'm sure most of us have read this story. But if you haven't:
Officer Down: The Peter Soulis Incident - Law Officer
Short story, officer shoots guy who took 22 hits of HP .40, 17 were center of mass and the guy was still fighting.
There's obviously a curve between extremes like 22 Short and 500 S&W Magnum.
The 22 short can easily get all shots on target but not be at all effective, the 500 magnum may be more effective, but irrelevant if you're then deaf, blind and concussed and miss. The power of the cartridge needs to be reconciled with shooter proficiency, capacity and convenience of the platform.