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The 9mm is a perfectly deadly round. There are ballistic gel tests showing the penetration depth of a 9 JHP round is appx the same as a JHP.45 with an even larger wound channel due to a 9s' greater tendancy to roll end to end. There are other poitive considerations such as a typical increase in the number of available rounds vs. pistol size, carry weight, and faster target acquisition recovery time to name a few. Also, the 9mm has been satisfactorily stopping threats for shooters for over 100 years. Shooters would have been abandoned it years ago if this was not the case.

I Keep a Beretta M9 16 round shooter as my home protection piece. I figure if Im going to have to go to war with an invading threat I want a "go to war gun" with the ability to put a lot of weight down range accurately and in in a hurry. My 7 round 1911 does not give me this same ability. Minor differences, if any, in stopping power vs. other caliber choices is not a big consideration for me in this type of situation. The 9mm is plenty deadly.