I came across this pithy statement and it got me thinking:
Which brings us back to the title of this posting. So are revolvers obsolete for police work? Personally, I think I'd feel just as safe with a S&W L frame 7 shot 3" .357 mag. as I would an autoloader 9mm, while walking down an alley in New Orleans red district at 1am ... provided I had 3 or more speedloaders.You and I and the whole gun world know just how faddish cops are when selecting a handgun.
When the FBI said drop your revolvers and go 9mm, they dropped their revolvers and went 9. When the FBI went 10mm, the cops went 10. When the FBI went 40 S&W, the cops went 40. When the FBI said said forget all of that and go back to the 9, they did.
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