That's bogus. You can't claim a max number of shots to stop anyone. I read a new report where a guy on PCP took 9 shots from a 9mm before he went down. I've read a report where a guy took 3 shots from a .45 (one in the chest, one in the abdomen, and one in the leg) and ran several blocks before he collapsed. The fact of the matter is that you can never be sure of how someone is going to react to being shot. What you can control is the size of the hit they're going to take. A bigger, more powerful projectile is more likely to stop them than a smaller one is. The firing rate of these pistols is negligible; you're either going to fire as fast as you can pull the trigger (and miss horribly in all likelihood) or you're going to make concentrated shots. However, any armament is better than no armament when it comes down to it. I'm thinking about getting a handgun. I'm still a year away from qualifying for a CHL but Texas allows for you to carry a concealed handgun on your way to your vehicle from your home, vice-versa, and while in your home or vehicle. It has to be concealed from view in your vehicle though. Anyways, I think I'm going to go down to the gun shop down the road and start seeing how certain ones feel in my hand. I'm really looking to get something in 10mm but we'll need to see how much that'll run me. Handguns are too expensive.