My policy is 10 shots to the torso and pause to negotiate with one left in the chamber, the clip dropped and another one in hand. I've got a Colt 1911 but it's too bulky to conceal during the summer in New England.
check out the Rohrbaugh
http://www.rohrbaughfirearms.com/
9mm DA and looks(to me anyway)to be smaller than a Seecamp .32 ; CNC machining-it's very nice and very concealable