9mm vs. .45 ACP

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9mm has higher capacity magazines.

"Stopping power" is largely irrelevent when you have 18 rounds in the gun.

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I wouldn't go that far. If you're being shot at too, you need to land your hits firstest and mostest. Plus, you don't want to shoot up the neighborhood, especially if you have kids in the house.