With all due respect to the challenge to stand in front of a guy with a .22, .25, .32, or even .380, I face armed bad guys sometimes, and I find a serious service pistol in the hands of my opponent to be FAR more alarming than if he has a small-caliber pocket pistol. Sure, small pistols will kill, but service cartridges will do things like penetrate car doors, car windshields, walls, sturdy furniture, and other things that a pocket-pistol cartridge will not be likely to penetrate. Gunfighting is not just a toe-to-toe Hollywood skit, but a dynamic event involving movement, concealment, cover, angles, light, and such things. I do have a couple of tiny .32 handguns and a .380 Mustang, which I will occasionally find comforting in rare events where my .357, .40, or .45 simply cannot be on my person, but there are limitations of which I remain fully cognizant.