Quote Originally Posted by The12lber
The Five-seveN was designed for maximum penetration while still maintaining the low recoil and overall small size of a pistol round. That's why its ideal for shooting people in body armor. However, this means it is more or less useless for home defense as you're unlikely to encounter a home invader wearing ballistic kevlar and the effects of armor piercing ammunition are lesser than expanding type bullets on unarmored targets.
Thats kind of why I have decided against it. Its more of a novelty gun for me. It would be sweet to have it, but really no reason to need it.