I was on a grand jury for three months. Every day we dealt with at least three handgun crimes. Over those 90 days we had a single rifle charge.
Yeah…in my personal experience 9mm handguns are much, much more dangerous.
But you can shoot more times without reloading with an AR15 compared to a 9MM.
https://gunmagwarehouse.com/all-magazines/handguns vs https://gunmagwarehouse.com/all-magazines/rifles/magazines/ar-15-magazines