I love the 320, but would still call myself a Glock fan since I've always been impressed by them for 28 years now.
What happened was a lot of newby gun owners who bought into the tribal association when CCW expanded across the country in the last 20 years.
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It seems like about 27-28 years ago when my dad brought the first G17 home from work (he was an agent with US Customs). They'd just gotten them in, and we sat at the table and took it apart, unable to believe it could compete with real, non-toy-like guns. Even the box was TUPPERWARE! At the time, they were carrying some S&W semi.
The next day, we went to the sheriff's range and put at least 1000rds through it without an issue. We were blown away. Then he went to Smyrna, GA, for the armoreres course, and they put on an impressive show: the main shooter would throw his gun 25Y into mud, then run it over and stomp it, and use muddy water to "rinse it off", before shooting a string into steel at 50Y. We've both been fans ever since (he carries a ppk or a 23 and I carry a 43 or 19).
NOTE: US Customs must have had a thing for weird guns, because a year or two later he came home with a Steyr AUG, a ridiculous space-age looking thing that also shot insanely well.
He's retired now, but they recently went to the 320 I believe.