I can't agree with this now. My first pistol was a keltec pf9. The recoil was pretty bad and I didn't like shooting it. I sold it once I bought my Xd9.No reason to be chicken. Again quite normal. Probably why so many new gun owners buy little pistols. They want to carry a gun and don't want it to be seen. I have noticed as people gain experience they start to transition back to larger guns.