Q. Can I shoot +p in my .38 five shot revolver?
A. Charter .38's are the smallest revolvers in this caliber, they can handle +p but we do not recommend a steady diet. Studies have shown that +p ammo is not a great defensive round because the bullet travels so fast that unless a critical area is hit the perpetrators may not be stopped. We recommend hollow points and full metal jacketed ammo as it will open and have a better chance stopping the intruder.
This doesn't make sense to me. First of all, their assertion that FMJ ammo will "open" - I'd imagine they mean 'expand' - is clearly false, from my experience with phone books and water jugs anyway. And secondly, their suggestion that +p .38 ammo has essentially the same (or even less!) stopping power as standard-pressure .38 flies in the face of all street-stats I've seen. Obviously hitting a "critical area" is most desirable, and I'd rather hit the CNS with any .38 than miss it with a .45. But the quote above seems to be suggesting that the +p's extra velocity is a hindrance, all other factors being equal.