Originally Posted by NAGAII

Re .38s and 9mm...not a great difference, actually in their inability to stop anyone, unless you are fortunate enough to hit a vital organ ( a round placed exactly 'twixt the frown lines between the eyebrows...or plumb-smack-dab in the heart...or are lucky enough shatter a thigh bone...right or left). Other than that, you are sadly, as Dirty Harry so delicatelyputs it "...shit out of luck!"
You will forgive the crudity above, but both rounds are useless! A Law Enforcement photo of a mutt who absorbed thirty-one (31) 9 mm rounds before turning up his toes is quite vivid in my mind, as is the reality of how the US military and Law enforcement have bought the small caliber hype hook,line and sinker, to the detriment of both organizations.