Perspectives On Capacity

[Ronin13]

At one time the Sheriff and I were discussing what duty handguns we should authorize for
carry. He asked me "when was the last time you ran out of ammo?" I replied that I wasn't worried about the last time, I'm worried about the next time.

THIS!

The FBI says that the average self-defense shooting is 2 rounds, if I recall correctly. That being said, I always have at LEAST 22 rounds of .45 on me. It would really suck to be in a situation where you need ammo and don't have enough. I know through my training scenarios in the military that my reaction to a close range threat popping up is an automatic 3 rounds in the chest. Given what I know about how I react under stress, I am already above that "average" after putting down the first dude. Hope that there aren't more and I decided to carry the "average" of 2 rounds...

My pistol training in the military taught me, and this drill is still hammered in every time I go to the range, 2 to the chest, one to the head, eliminates the threat 85% of the time without need for any more rounds fired at a single threat. Granted, that 85% factors in ammo choice, penetration, body armor, and if the target is on drugs or not (sometimes a person can survive a headshot and still be combat effective). Carry what you're comfortable with and assume it's never enough.