Here’s a Photoshop view of how far our Indiana hero was from the mall shooter when he terminated him.
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I am a novice. I've been impressed at what can be done with a 9mm Glock down range. If you have a steady hand and basic training a quality piece of equipment can make you look really good. This is doable.
9 will go through a 2x4 a 1/4 mile away.
I know I've put 10 of 15 inside of twelve inches at 100 feet with a 9mm Glock without a time constraint. I was impressed with the gun.
I have a 9 mil and all I get is shit about it being just a pop gun and a piece of junk that can barely hurt a fly! Certainly can't kill a person unless they get hit "8" times. Guess I better do some research!
People who talk like that are either A ) blowhard try hards who don't actually know anything about guns but want the biggest to show off their perceived dick size or B ) trying to use a pistol for a ridiculous purpose, like deer hunting.
Well that's most handguns actually - including .45 ACP which I'm sure some have told you is far better than 9mm in this regard (it's not). Unless you are talking ridiculous ones (large enough to not be useful for self defense) handgun "stopping power" is a myth (unless you get an actual kill shot of course).
Most people shot by a handgun that break off attack, do so because of the psychology of being shot, not because they were actually forced to stop. (So this guy did a great job getting numerous shots on target including at least one kill shot.)
Now, given an understanding of the limitations of handguns, there's a reason 9mm is one of the main (if not the main) handguns around - it packs a decent punch (esp with defensive rounds) yet is more manageable than .45 for most people. And again there is not a huge difference between the two when you look at actual ballistics (I used to have a great link on this but the site went away).
TL;DR 9mm is fine just don't expect things to go like the movies if you actually have to shoot someone.