A friend of mine manages a Liquor store in 'indian country.' A few months ago guy comes in and starts shooting at EVERYONE in sight. My friend pulls his 10mm
and puts 5 rounds in his chest. Bad guy KEEPS on shooting so he puts 3 more in his head. That puts him down.
Corner said he has so much heroin in him it would have killed 5 normal people.
Moral: Yes I carry a 2" S&W 60-3 with laser grips but it isn't always the answer to every problem.
Not surprising, especially if someone is desensitized to pain and damage to their vital organs due to being under the influence of drugs, and/or some serious anger & fear may be involved.
I remember as a young cop learning of various shooting incidents where a
magazine load of COM hits from a MP5 ... 6 rounds of .41MAG ... a .308 to the COM ... and even a 12GA slug through the chest/heart ... weren't enough to immediately incapacitate different armed suspects.
Unless the central nervous system (and its ability to send signals to limbs) is "shut down", some people (and animals) have an amazing capacity to continue volitional action and function.
Then, there were times when 1-2 solid COM hits from any handgun caliber dropped and stopped armed suspects.
Even having learned of all those (and other) incidents, it didn't change my mind when deciding to leave the work hi-cap 9 or .40 in the locker or safe, and carry one of my low-cap 5 or 6-shot revolvers, or 6//7/8rd .45's. Still doesn't.
I'm under no illusion any of my handguns will necessarily have enough "capacity" or "caliber" to prove sufficient in all circumstances, but them neither am I certain I'll never be in the wrong place to avoid being hit by an unexpected speeding motorist while I'm on some sidewalk, or in a parking lot, at the wrong time.
Can't lock myself away against all possible dangers and threats.