It’s not about being stupid. A lot of folks just want a gun for that sock drawer or they have issues running a slide. I teach firearms and the bulk of our classes are intro to handguns. There are a lot of 69 year old plus folks and especially ladies. And while sometimes a snub revolver is t an ideal gun autos have their own set of obstacles for some shooters.
The bulk of these folks are either not going to do much shooting outside of that 4 hour class they took. OR they have hand issues where a proper grip is not managed to keep an auto from not malfunctioning. So you have to diagnose their issues and give them the best option
More times than not it’s a wheelgun. There are only 15-20,000 professional firearm students in the country the rest just think they know how to run a handgun that’s what you deal with!
Some goon tape fixes the grip safety issue. IMHO people who don't shoot regularly and only use dots benefit greatly. They clean the gun and change the batteries once a year and you have 15+1 on tap with a decent trigger and capacity making it a significantly easier firearm to shoot well. The future is now , if price is a consideration I can see a revolver then, but we have a ton of fantastic pistols on the market specifically for this subset of the gun owning population IMHO. Plus better yet it has a rail for a light as all dedicated HD guns should have.