I really like my S&W Shield...cheap, accurate enough at close range, comfortable to carry in my holster T-shirt and above all it by far best asset - - - it has zero "soul".
Heaven forbid I ever have to use it - - I'd have no attachment to it whatsoever.
YMMV on this, but, I decided that if I ever had to use a gun on someone, I'd want no part of it later on. Just my opinion.
While it makes the perfect concealed carry choice for me - I do have to say, it's not a "fun gun". I get no more pleasure out of shooting it than I do pushing a lawn mower. It's a mundane tool, plain and simple.