Same here.
I carry the Sig P232.
I used to carry all manner of full sized and compact weapons, but didn’t actually carry them.
I left them at home. Too heavy. Too bulky. Uncomfortable.
But the little Sig is 15oz empty, small and no sharp edges. She goes just about everywhere. And the GUN can shoot a 5in group at 50 ft.
I have preached this for years.
The first rule of a gunfight is "have a gun".
You can spend gazillions on the next best thing...but if you don't carry it, it's useless as teats on a boar hog.
My .380 weighs in at about 23 ounces, loaded 8+1 with ARX loads.
Out of a 3.5 inch barrel, it's pushing about 1100 fps with a wound channel of about 8 inches in ballistic gel from 15 yards.
If I shoot you in the eye with it, it only has to penetrate about two inches of soft tissue to put you down.
And I carry it...period...every day, every place I go...unless of course I have to go into a federal building, which I own part of, but can't carry even a damned pocket knife into...and that's a whole 'nother story.
Bottom line...if you don't carry a gun...then this whole argument is nil and you are a victim.