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Yeah we’re just talking, sharing stuff about guns. I like the larger bullet, that’s why I usually carry the .45. I have one that holds more than 7-8 rounds. I’m not at all sure the 9 and .45 perform the same in gelatin ballistic tests.
9mm FMJ were lousy defense rounds. For example, the M16 round the Army went to, anticipating Warsaw Pact soldiers wearing body armor, went right through skinnies in Mogadishu.
One of the hopped-up-on-khat gunshot victims described it as like being stabbed with knitting needles. That’s a good thing I suppose, if you want to irritate people.

If an “expert” is a has-been spurt under pressure, I’m not I’m that, but sure, you want something with knockdown power. That’s why the Army went from the .38 to the Mr. Brownings Colt .45. During the Moro insurrection in the Philippines, that variety of mozlim were also hopped up on something and they kept coming, like insane Energizer bunnies.

I like the FMJ because it will go through things a hollowpoint will not penetrate. Over-penetration is a real problem if there is something behind your target you don’t want to shoot, but presumably you are trying to follow the rule: know your target and what is beyond it. But 9mm hollow points tend to expend their energy and stay in the body in a center of body mass shot.

In a nutshell, 9mm pistols hold more cartridges and their knockdown power is greatly improved with hollowpoints. I have only one .40 `Short & Weak’ pistol (OK, here we go ... ) but it’s by my bed if that helps, and several nines in different sizes.
Check out Hornady’s Critical Defense round if you want something that will go through clothing and still expand, good winter load. A nice pocket .45 is the Springfield XDs. Hope that helps.