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Because most people believe crap they see on the internet and read in gun magazines and don't know about real life shootings in their own area.
The .40 is issued to a lot of LE agencies in my county and surrounding counties and has been involved in a LOT of shootings. I don't know of a single one which is a one-shot stop scenario and most are what you would consider failures.
Guy shoots himself in the leg and drives to the hospital when loading his .40.
Cops shoot a guy 7 times with .40s and have to whip on him with flashlights and pepper spray him to keep him from continuing to fight them, etc....
On the other hand, I know of some .38 stopping failures too.
The thing is, I know of a lot of .38 shootings where it did the job. Can't say that for the .40.
Ballistics charts don't often tell the whole story. As for the extra bullet weight and velocity, that reminds me of something Jeff Cooper once opined about the .44 magnum. Cooper noted that the full bore load seemed to whistle right through a bad guy without making any more impact than a hot .44 special.
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