Interesting that you dropped the adjective "unobstructed" from this explanation-
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Originally Posted by chaim:
Umm, the FBI sets 6-9" because it is sufficient to hit vital organs from the side. In a "perfectly static frontal presentation", 9" will be enough to nearly pass through most non-overweight adult males.
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Umm, that's if you can
guarantee that you will only ever face an unobstructed, perfectly static frontal presentation if you have to shoot someone in order to protect yourself.
I am not so reckless as to assume something like that.