I wonder if part of the reason for the mandating to higher capacity guns wasn't pressure by other NYPD officers. Realistically, in today's world, who would want their partner backing them up with only 5 rounds in their primary weapon? While I'm a huge revolver fan, and while I believe they still work very well for civilian SD/HD, they are not the best defense for today's urban warfare and LEOs. Like locked entrance doors and metal detectors at elementary schools, it's a sad thing to see, but a necessity.