) and keep shooting until the threat is thoroughly defeated. And have some rounds left over for his buddy.I've posted before about a guy I treated as the first first-responder on scene who inadvertently shot himself in the thigh with a .40 Speer Gold Dot. It went in his upper thigh, traveled lengthwise down the bone, and exited above his knee a good 8 or 10 inches later. HE DID NOT IMMEDIATELY REALIZE HE HAD SHOT HIMSELF. He thought he had just ND'd in his pocket and blew a hole in his pants. It wasn't until he noticed the fully expanded round laying on the floor that he suspected he might be shot. Even then he was hoping he could "walk it off"
and actually went up and down some stairs before the pain and swelling kicked in.It's not about 9mm or any other pistol caliber. It is about enough hits in enough of the right places.