The Hipoints got their bad reputation because they're ugly, they're heavy, and they tended to get seriously abused by their "owners" over time. They'd get put under a rock, so that everyone in the street gang had access, etc...
And they'd still work - IF the mopes put the right ammo in... You'd see 9mm or .38 specials in .45s, .380, you name it.
I'm thinking of getting one per room for stash guns around my little urban house.
And their 9mm carbines RAWK.