I have been lurking here a while. And just thought I would add to this post. No one has mentioned the increasing amounts of thieves wearing body armor. A Glock 9 mm is just going to piss them off. A good old 45 ACP is just going to knock them back and piss them off worse. AR 15 with fragmented rounds made for home protection wont penetrate a wall but they go in a body with a 9mm hole and exit like a basketball. And a 38 revolver is a better throwing item than a shooting item. An old retired county police officer told me that he has seen 38's glance off of windshields. Everyone needs to do some research about ammunition, it is far more important than the weapon delivering it. Just remember the 2 bank robbers that were wearing body armor a few years ago in California. And don't think that you as an untrained, non regimented civilian you can "make the head shot". Way to many documented cases of trained police officers exhausting there ammo and scoring only 1 or 2 hits under the stress of self preservation.
I will be the first to admit that I don't know all the answers but I hope this adds to this thread,
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