44caliberkid
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Why not just post a link to the other 3 or 4 threads asking, "Is the 40 dead?" The only thing dead is this horse.
I thought back to the effects different pistol rounds having on animals, victim's of shootings, and Officer involved shootings that I had seen personally and read about during my career. I couldn't think of a single shooting where the person or animal was shot with a 9mm and lived, but would have died if the round would have been a .40S&W or a .45acp. And I could not think of a single shooting where a person or animal was shot with a .40S&W or a .45acp and died, but would have survived if the round would have been a 9mm.
Except it apparently doesn't. There is no significant difference in the performance characteristics of the three main service calibers. No one has been able to document that getting hit by a .40 has a greater effect than getting hit by 9 millimeter or has a greater effect than getting hit by a .45.@Moonglum
I don't think that anyone debates the effectiveness of 9mm Luger these days. Like practically every cartridge in current production, it is potentially lethal. However, the main objective of self-defense isn't to kill your attacker, it's to incapacitate them. Any hunter can tell you that bigger, heavier bullets have more dramatic effects on bone, and it really ought to be common sense that a larger diameter wound cavity is going to bleed worse. A shattered bone anywhere below the waistline is going to bring any attacker down, providing the defender with an avenue for retreat/escape.
If you must argue against that, then so be it, but speaking of folks making arguments to backup their choice, why is it that folks who carry 9mm Luger absolutely cannot admit to other cartridges having any advantage whatsoever, even if it's a trade-off which hardly makes it superior?
Honestly, folks who carry .40/.45 will at least admit that 9mm Luger has higher velocity, higher magazine capacity, and less recoil. Whereas 9mm must always be just as good at every little thing, and any tangible advantage such has larger diameter wounds conveniently doesn't matter?
If pistol cartridges were as ineffective as certain folks assert thatthey are, then neither the Military nor Law Enforcement would even bother to carry conventional handguns anymore and would have transitioned to compact PDWs a long time ago.
You can carry a bat if you want to, I'll stick with a .40cal pistol.