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Um... not really sure what you are getting at here.
A lot of the conversation going on here is speculative, true,
but drawing on people's experiences.
If you ever empty a 10 round magazine of .22s into an attacker....
and he succeeds in sticking a bowie knife in your belly before he
lays down quietly.... whether you "think about" stopping power at
the time, I'm quite sure you will consider the matter as you recover
from your wounds.
What may seem like self indulgent imaginings, becomes real relevent
as you read stories of others who have tried a mode of carry, a
particular caliber, or a particular approach to a threatening situation,
and have avoided a fight, won a fight, survived with pure luck, or
barely avoided being killed.
It is important to do these "mind experiments" in order to prepare
your mindset. What ever your equipment, whatever your training,
if you do not prepare your mindset, survival in a gunfight will be more
a function of your opponent's lack of skill, than anything else.
Training is both physical and mental, If you remain properly in
condition Yellow, transitioning past "OH, ****!" to "I know what to
do, here we go!" is what will make the difference between winning a fight,
losing it or a tie. When it is YOUR life a tie is not good enough.
EC
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