There’s something to be said for being able to accurately sling a magazine full of .380 rounds out of a small gun almost like it was a .22 LR. The mini-nines now are made in the same size range as the larger .380s, but the recoil is substantially more (at least against locked breech .380s), and follow-up shots are slower. The mini-nines also require more practice to keep in shape than with the roughly equivalent sized .380s.
Carry whatever you want as long as you know how to use it. I also have a personal criteria that I won’t carry something if it would force me to compromise on the situations in which I would carry or employ it. I don’t go for the concept of carrying one gun on a milk run a couple of blocks from home and a different one when going to the big city.
