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The 9mm was designed to kill, the germans wanted a more powerful round hence the 9mm Luger design. Early 90's the 9mm had expasion problems but new ammuntion advances has put the 9mm pretty close to the other rounds and all will do the job with proper shot placement.
The 9mm will penetrate. It will go through drywall, car doors, windshield glass ect. All barriers are hard on bullets. Bonded is the new craze and helps, but gold dots were the original bonded bullet before the other manufactures jumped on board.
The 9mm is a good beginner round. Low recoil, cheaper to shoot, faster follow up shots, accurate, and deadly as anything else. I have yet to meet anyone that would let me shoot them with a 9mm because it is ineffective.
I personally carry a .40 caliber but that is due to my agency. I like both rounds but realize for someone new to the .40 can be a handful in the recoil deparment. Most of the newbies don't qualify as high if they had been shooting the 9mm. I like it but a 9mm would work as well for me.
The FBI tests I wouldn't put alot of faith in. The others I would have to look at. The 357 sig is a 9mm just at faster speeds, basically a 9mm on steroids. For the armored car job the 9mm would be sufficient. Esox357.
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