I'm not trashing them at all, I still have one with 10 15rd mags and 2 hip and a shoulder rig for. Carried it for months until one came up in the gun locker I could have but mine still got shot in matches under minor scoring for about 4k rounds, still 98% being shot and looks like it's pretty much out of the box.
I'm obviously older than you, big heavy bullet works better than a small and light crackhead rounds. The 9 and 40 are still mainstays but the serious boys use a 45. Now the 40 is a good round but why would I buy one because of the fbi? Give me a 10 that I can download to the 40 (45) but if I want more then that have fun with the 40... There's also something called a reload, it takes no longer or less time than drawing to first shot...then did you lose count or shoot to slidelock because you hold so many rounds? Criminals on average pretty much suck and your average ccw is slow because they practice on a static range, the old 45-70 is still a great round because it's a big thump. Something smaller and fast just just says ouch for enough time to get more thrown at you. This an old proven story by present day facts. Sorry for the rant, trying to wind down to go to bed.
