re: Top a Springfield xdm 9mm for home pistol

This is a great post. The vast majority of people are under the wrong impression about pistols and the rounds they shoot especially with regards to the effectiveness to stopping a human. Dawg23 said in his class the only reason you carry a pistol is because it is unpractical and nearly impossible to carry a rifle or a shotgun all the time. I want to say the the statistic he showed us said that 95 percent of people shot with a handgun that make it to the hospital alive survive their wounds. When you are using a handgun in self defense you are trying to stop a threat. Legal issues aside if I ever had to shoot somebody I would rather them not die. The chances of a different caliber making the difference between you effectively stopping someone and not effectively stopping someone are for all sake of arguing 0. Give yourself more opportunities to hit your target. Missing a target is an enormous possibility when defending yourself.