There's no downside in being able and confident with a defensive handgun at 50 yards...or even further.
At the USMC's "High Risk Personnel" course, we did tons of shooting in all kinds of dynamic scenarios, near to far.
One of the things we did was 200 yards prone, with 9mm pistols. Yeah it's a low percentage shot, but you might at least be able to suppress an active shooter for a short time.
Different times nowadays, it's not just muggers in dark alleys anymore.
