beatledog7
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The underlying question is, "How much power do I need in my SD handgun?" The answer is, "Enough." [punctuation revised]
There is another consideration regarding power: "How much power is too much?" For every shooter there is a limit.
There is no penalty for having more than needed.
But there is. With the stress of being under attack, we're going to shoot less well than we do at the range no matter how good we think we are. Sending out-of-control uber-stopper rounds whizzing past the BG and into a child or an old lady probably may not save the shooter but will without a doubt cause much trouble of many kinds.
Given those little tidbits, would it not be prudent to carry a round that is less powerful than the most powerful you can shoot well under controlled conditions?