>>64161453
For the same reason we love 10.5” ARs. Americans love min maxing with spicy ammunition rather than “perfect optimization”. We literally took stoner’s 20” perfection and made it overgassed, and prone to parts breakage in order to squeeze out all the size/weight/velocity benefits of the 5.56 over something like a 9mm carbine. Same principle with handguns. The ability to carry twice as much ammo as .45 is huge. The combination of hollow points + supersonic ammo is the selling point that overshadows all subsonic benefits of .380 or .32ACP. The supersonic critique for suppressors in a non starter since no one is carrying a pistol with a can. It’s a meme for assassin larpers. 9mm being overpowered for ball ammo isn’t a bug, it’s a feature. “Over penetrating” cheap ball ammo for training, and hollowpoints for actual carry. It’s peak min maxing that allows people to train for cheap and have decent killing potential. That is the American way that Europoors will never understand.