[Jeff Higgins]

Well, since it is now early winter, this might be a good time to consider clothing. Not the defender's, but the perp's. Many of the centerfire rounds for which the smaller concealment guns are chambered will often fail to penetrate heavy winter clothing, especially when layered. Heavy wool sweaters covered by heavy wool overcoats, with maybe another layer or two of something else, have been shown to effectively stop rounds up to the .380 ACP and such. Even 9mm with lightweight hollow points will sometimes fail to penetrate. Oh, they will leave one hell of a mark, but that's not what we are after.