Age old argument of what's better, size of the gun for concealment or magazine capacity. But the question now is, have your priorities changed given the current threats? Personally, 5 years ago, I would have opted for a smaller capacity gun that was easy to conceal against a threat of 1-4 criminals. Considering the mob threat on the horizon, my priorities have definitely shifted towards magazine capacity. The idea of having 20-30 bad guys running around me and having a nice, small, comfortable gun with a 7 round mag doesn't sound fun. My carry now is an M&P commander size with 4.25" barrel and a 17+1 capacity. It's bulkier and not as light but I like having those 17 rounds in the gun along with another 34 rounds in a 2 mag belt carrier. What are you guys carrying? Has it changed with Operation Mayhem in effect? Full disclosure, I have not carried nearly as long as many people here. Just speaking my mind and looking for any advice in the new environment. Thanks in advance.
I had never been a high capacity priority guy in my CCW choices. From 1980 (when I got my first CCW license) till about seven years ago, my choices had been revolvers and 1911s. Any departures from 1911s in autos were single stack 9mm. Then, about seven years ago, I started noticing an uptick in mob attacks on people, and switched to Glocks with double stack mags, only rarely switching to a single stack Glock for when not printing was a very high priority. That's been my situation since.
