“NEVER 32.”
Amen. Unreliable to save you.
A good .38 round made for personal defense, is pretty much as good as a 9mm, which is the default round for a real shootout.
If you need an ultra-light, ultra-small gun for your conditions, a .38 will do (Ruger LCPII, or S&W JFrame).
Otherwise 9mm
IMHO the Ruger LCR has a better trigger than the S&W.
While an autoloader may be thinner the shape of a snubby revolver is actually easier to conceal for most people.
The LCR is available in both +P and .357 versions. The .357 is a real handful, but beats 9mm. It can be had with a Crimson Trace laser grip.
Nonsense. I saw James Bond shoot down a moving helicopter from a moving boat at 200 yards using his .32 caliber PPK.