yeah the 10mm didn't go over too well for whatever reason but to tell you the truth i liked it and thought it was a decent round myself, but people did think the kick had to be toned down.
i've only shot maybe a few dozen 10mm rounds in my life, and i didn't think the recoil was too bad, but then again the rounds we shot we not particularly hot. the platform was also pretty heavy, a colt delta elite, basically not much more than a beefed up 1911.
anyway, back on topic, while miami still has plenty of crime and bad neighborhoods, things have changed much more for the better since the late 70's/80's!