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Originally Posted by kbm6893
I am aware that the 4506 was authorized after the North Hollywood incident, but .45's wouldn't have done any better against full auto AK's and body armor wearing bad guys. I'd rather have 15 rounds of 9MM over 8 .45's in that case. Once you're through your 3 duty mags, you're out, and 46 rounds sounds better to me than 25.
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I get that. However, some LAPD officers already desired to carry .45 autos and the North Hollywood shootout gave them a platform from which to argue in favor of the .45. There was also a push to have assault weapons in the patrol cars. The guys who had been arguing for the .45 simply did not let a crisis go to waste . . . how very political.
