Pretty much. 9mm hardball has a lot of over penetration problems and will also ricochet much more than a good hollow point. Criminal users don't care. Honest citizens would. When the NYPD went to 9mm they first used 9mm ball AGAINST the strong objections of their technical people. First year that had three shoot-through injuries that I know of, wounding two cops and killing one citizen. They changed. Wound ballistics from hard ball are much inferior to a good hollow point as well.