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There's nothing wrong with a 9mm with the right load -- has all the stopping power of premium .45s and .40s. Not quite as much as .357, but that's a slightly different comparison. 9s are great in that target ammo is cheap, and if you shoot correctly, one shot stopping power is totally irrelevent. I'm not sure if the tactic is taught in all special forces, but the ones I've heard of teach 2 to the body and one to the head (boom boom, ...boom). Practice that, and I defy anyone to show me a case where that was used and a perp kept coming. But either way, you don't stop shooting until they stop. Just hit what you aim at.

"There's nothing wrong with a 9mm with the right load -- has all the stopping power of premium .45s and .40s. Not quite as much as .357, but that's a slightly different comparison... I'm not sure if the tactic is taught in all special forces, but the ones I've heard of teach 2 to the body and one to the head..."

Every time you pull the trigger the bullet leaving your barrel is a liability. I want as few liabilities as I can get if I am ever involved in a self defense shooting. Your accuracy in a pressure situation will only be about half as good because of your high adrenaline rate.

If the 9 X 19 round is so great why are almost all police departments now going to the .40 S&W round? The 9 millimeter round has much less stopping power than the .40 S&W and .45 ACP rounds. If you ever fire a .40 S&W or .45 ACP you can feel the difference in power.