Most days, Springfield Armory XD Subcompact in 9mm, 12 + 1 147gr Golden Saber...+2 spare 16 round mags in pouch on support side...
Todays JHP bullets have little difference in terminal ballistics in a body between .45 and 9mm...I prefer to default to more rounds carried...It is first, last and always shot placement that ultimately stops the attack...And even a shot to the heart may allow the attacker a few seconds to continue...
An opponent can be on drugs (like our “Gentle Giant” apparently was), wearing body armor, or just a dedicated opponent...Impossible to tell...Doesn’t matter when you’re defending your life...
If drawing your weapon and pointing in at the attacker didn’t psychologically stop the attack, and shooting the attacker (multiple times to the body in the case of Michael Brown) didn’t physiologically stop his attack, then a third round to the head is indicated for a neurological stop...
That’s why 2 to the center of the chest failing to stop the fight should be followed by a third to the center of brain box...Looks like Officer Wilson may have been going for the neuro- stop after body shots failed...
All this nonsense we continually hear about “Why couldn’t he just shoot him in the leg? Why did he have to kill him?” is just that...Nonsense...
Top lip to eyebrow line...Practice head shots, folks!
What`s your take on .380? As I`m planning on getting a PX4 Storm subcompact, my Bersa may go to a family member. I carry +P in all circumstances but have changed from frangible in summer to hollow points or flat nose cast in winter. BTW, Buffalo makes a pretty good round and gunbot.net is a reliable source for them.
“That’s why 2 to the center of the chest failing to stop the fight should be followed by a third to the center of brain box”
If you have brainbox ability in a fight then the first shot should be to the ‘puter. Why wait? End that fight right now. Don’t go for 2+1 if you don’t need to. Obviously a wildly moving target or a distance shot says otherwise, but if up close and stable enough, take the head shot every time. Practice it. It really isn’t that difficult once you get a little practice hitting a 4” target. You’ll probably find you can do it out to 50 feet reliably, circumstances depending of course.