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Just get SOMETHING and shoot it a lot. NOW!

Remember, this will not be you " Final Answer". Over the years, your tastes, goals, needs, and skills will change. You WILL get another weapon so this is not an irrevokable decision.

All of the weapons and calibers you mentioned (and many you did not) will serve your needs very well. So get something and don't worry about it. If you maintain your pistol well, you will find that Sig, Glock, Colt, Kimber, etc, etc, will maintain their value well and you can trade later (or preferably just ADD to the collection).

Over the years my primary self defense handgun has been a Ruger Security-Six .357 (bought new and still have and love it), Star PD (45 ACP), Colt MarkIV 1911, AMT .45 Backup, Glock 30 (current and favorite for 5 years). When asked, I recommend to someone starting out in the search for a Self Defense handgun to go with a 9mm becaue of the ease of shooting and less expense and availability of ammunition to encourage LOTS of practice. I got two of my daughters a Ruger KP95DC and a Glock 17. The other doesn't want one....yet.