I've been preaching that gospel but few believe.

Bullets are bullets . They either hit vital parts or they don't. If they do, people die quickly . If they don't, the fight needn't stop and people live. Don't blame the ammo in that shooting. Since the thug didn't die, there's no autopsy to study, but you can bet that none of those six shots hit anything vital. The thug was seriously injured, to be sure, but he wasn't stopped.

If you think a dollar a shot ammo is what's needed, then carry it. If I carried my .357 for protection, and used factory ammo, it'd be 38 spl 158 grain SWC. Or I'd carry my midrange handload which is the same bullet at about 1000 fps.

A 158 grain LSWC at 800 to 1000 fps will work on bad guys as well as anything out there.