> Turns out the 'stopping power' of handguns is largely the same regardless of caliber This is absolutely false. Compare a .22 round to 10mm. You can probably

> Turns out the 'stopping power' of handguns is largely the same regardless of caliber This is absolutely false. Compare a .22 round to 10mm. You can probably be shot by .22 ten times or more and walk away. A 10mm round will stop an elephant on bath salts. Both can be shot from handguns. In California you will have the same number of rounds in your 9mm Glock 17 (10) as you will in your .45 ACP Glock 21 (10). In any case you are only limited by how many rounds you can carry, modern semiautomatic pistols can be reloaded in two seconds.