9mm

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You have watched too many police shows and westerns in which the bad guys are shot with one round and fall over like sacks of potatoes. Marksmanship is harder under stress so multiple rounds are needed. It's easier to make follow up shots with a 9 mm over the harder recoiling .45. Plus you have more rounds.

And you have been watching too many Rambo movies. If you can't hit with 5 or 6 rounds, then you are a danger to us all.

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And you have been watching too many Rambo movies. If you can't hit with 5 or 6 rounds, then you are a danger to us all.

With a LEO average of a 20% hit percentage only 1 out of 5 rounds will hit the target. And it might not be in a vital area to stop the threat so more rounds are needed. If 15 rounds are fired then 3 will hit according to the stats. Anyone with common sense will prefer those odds over having just 5-6 rounds available and relying on 1 hit.