Another reason why I carry a .38 Special revolver.....

No court can accuse me of carrying a "hi cap" pistol shooting a "hand cannon" round. I carry a gun with a 6 round capacity in a caliber used by police officers for over 100 years.

I have been shooting revolvers for over 15 years now, and got pretty good with them. Give me my GP100 cut for full moonclips and I feel I can defend myself pretty well.

Lots of people carry 9mm's with 20 round mags, but would have trouble hitting the ground with it in a real life scenario. Launching a bunch of rounds in a self defense scenario is a bad idea, especially when there are innocent bystanders.

IMO the 9mm is a great round. My wheelguns far outnumber my autoloaders, but the majority of the pistols I own are 9mm's.