My carry over the years has varied mostly with my circumstances, partly with my attempted evaluation of reality, and to some extent with my physical limitations.
I do not have much concern over your friend's vision of landscape, nor do I see that "modern" alternatives are much of an improvement. Certainly, there are more autoloaders today that are both reliable and carry more than a dozen rounds in the first magazine, but there has been at least one of those since 1935.
Meanwhile, revolvers have their advantages for some. Even striker-fired pistols have an excuse for their existence, but an emphasis on which pistols one chooses to carry ignores what I believe to be more important, which is user skill and suitability of the chosen pistol for the task at hand.
For most of us, the first requirement is that the pistol be carried. The second is that it be safe to be carried, and safe to be loaded and unloaded under whatever personal circumstances exist. It would also be nice if the pistol fit the user's hand, and could be drawn quickly and fired accurately when needed.
This does not tell me what revolver or slab-side pistol someone else should choose most often, but it does tell me what I should choose most often. My handle does not indicate a collection focus, but a carry preference.
