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<blockquote data-quote="Ethan N" data-source="post: 3213572" data-attributes="member: 29267"><p>Another way to look at the FBI thing is to say that <em><strong>for the FBI’s purposes</strong></em>, much of the modern duty ammo available performs just as well in 9mm as it does in .40 S&W. If their standard was that the bullet has to make a hole of any size in a piece of paper at 10 yards, .22 LR and .50 BMG would both perform just as well at that task. Their standard just happens to be a bit higher than that. This doesn’t mean 9mm and .40 are equally as good. 9mm is better at some things and .40 is better at others. But they’re both good at stopping bad guys from doing bad things.</p><p></p><p>Since most law enforcement agencies have similar purposes and priorities as the FBI, they look at the FBI’s results and reasoning and can see benefits in their agency also potentially switching to 9mm. In turn, since some of my purposes (namely, reliably stopping a deadly threat) and priorities are similar to those of the FBI, the FBI’s testing and analysis helped me reason through why a switch to 9mm might be a good thing for me and my family.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ethan N, post: 3213572, member: 29267"] Another way to look at the FBI thing is to say that [I][B]for the FBI’s purposes[/B][/I], much of the modern duty ammo available performs just as well in 9mm as it does in .40 S&W. If their standard was that the bullet has to make a hole of any size in a piece of paper at 10 yards, .22 LR and .50 BMG would both perform just as well at that task. Their standard just happens to be a bit higher than that. This doesn’t mean 9mm and .40 are equally as good. 9mm is better at some things and .40 is better at others. But they’re both good at stopping bad guys from doing bad things. Since most law enforcement agencies have similar purposes and priorities as the FBI, they look at the FBI’s results and reasoning and can see benefits in their agency also potentially switching to 9mm. In turn, since some of my purposes (namely, reliably stopping a deadly threat) and priorities are similar to those of the FBI, the FBI’s testing and analysis helped me reason through why a switch to 9mm might be a good thing for me and my family. [/QUOTE]
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