Same here... I own around 7 pistols,a few shotguns and a rifle or two.
Again, Hi Point and jiminez pistols are both made out of cast metal...just like a matchbox or hot wheels toy car. Need I say more?
They have their place in the scheme of things but not as a "go to" firearm in a life or death situation.
I am pretty familiar with good and bad guns, I shot a lot of them during my close to 30 years in the army from all over the world, my carry gun is a .45 ACP small frame double action semi auto, the same gun the was carried by many Israelis when I was in the middle east, I have liked and do like my High Points and would not hesitate to use one of them in a life or death situation. Yes, I have read all the reviews and no, I don't find many of them to be accurate, people seem to form opinions of them and a lot of those offering opinions have no experience with them. As far as cast metal, there are lots of things in this world that is cast metal, including the engine block in all of my trucks.
If you know how to polish the feed ramp and keep the gun clean it will not have any problems and the company has upgraded productions standards many times since they first hit the market. Heck look at how many loves Glocks and they are plastic! I don't like Glocks for many reasons and the plastic frames are not the only reason.
Heck, I even own a couple of plastic AR-15 now and have run a few hundred rounds through both of them with no failures
My current inventory includes 11 pistols, 19 rifles 3 M16A1 fully automatic military rifles and I am building AR's for fun all the time with my small milling shop, in addition to being a FFL/SOT holder that has a partner that we manufacture suppressors and sell to military as well as law enforcement. I didn't actually own an AR until my wife bought one for Christmas, but being well versed in the M16 rifles the AR is pretty much a given.
Like I said, I would not hesitate to use the HP if needed in a bad situation.
But what is nice, there are a lot of different types of guns on the market so everybody has the ability to make a choice that works for them.