For the record only, as I'm not trying to pick a fight or change your mind, I think that statement is unsupported groupthink. I've heard it a thousand times, but have rarely seen anyone making that claim, back it up with any real crime statistics or facts.
Conversely, I did read an excellent debunking of that theory on a gun forum I belong to, not long ago. I should seek the author's permission to post it here.
No worries. I am not someone who is going to reply with vitriol. I am always open to being “disabused of my misperceptions”. Gun guys in some cases seem to be pretty testy but I am not.
I posited once that “it seems to me a Luger is about the worst choice for a CC weapon for the same reasons “reloaded ammo” is...”. Boy, did I ever get chastised.