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Originally Posted by Kayback
The original post has a stat where over 31% of people hit by the .22 didn't stop.
That's almost a third of the people shot with it were still able to press their attack. This is not a good thing.
It is not about "killing", it is about stopping the illegal attack on your or another's person.
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Take a look at the number of hits measured against the number of people shot. For the .22 (including 22 shorts) it's a mere 213 hits measured on 154 people. For most all the other calibers, 9mm on up, the number of hits per person shot is much greater. It makes sense that people who are hit with more bullets are likely to be incapacitated at a greater rate.
For example: The .22 shows a 31% failure to incapacitate with with an avg of 1.38 hits per person shot. The 9mm is showing a 13% failure to incapacitate with an avg of 2.45 hits per person. It's difficult to compare caliber "stopping power" while measuring two 9mm hits versus one .22.
Interestingly, when measured one to one, such as percentage incapacitated by one shot to the head or torso, the .22 performs quite well compared to other calibers.
What all this means... I don't pretend to know. But I tend to think that caliber between the ears means a lot more than caliber in hand.