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The sub-machinegun for one and it's wide spread use in Europe for Police and Military does make sense to use a single caliber for both, but it is not a common practice here in the US for the police to carry them. We are a shotgun society slowly changing over to a AR society both for police and civilians
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True and true ,,however..
IMHO - we're (the USA) just one major terror event away from permanent armed uniformed troops stationed in airports. Two or three away from troops being stationed at other places where there's a very high civilian presence.
Sporting events,,,etc.
Presently, the USA is fighting a "war on drugs". On that "front" a shotgun does a splendid job.
OTOH - an AR or shotgun in a crowded airport would be a disastor.
We travled to Vegas after 9/11 when the National Guard troops were deployed to airports.
I remember thinking what a mess it would make if one of the NG troopers actually had to use his/her M16 in that crowd.
What's needed is a cost effective, reliable and highly accurate select fire with the small profile of an Uzi and/or MP5.
The 9x19 cartridge falls short there. The tapered case just requires too much expensive tooling to make the 9x19 accurate.