Kip

Taurus is a decent firearm...

just don't get a "HighPoint" 9mm pistol....they have the tolerances of a $3.99 Stanley brass door hand sliding latch...

Berretta, Sig Sauer and Browning are

excellent firearms.

There is a cool CHEAP BRAND?/TECH? name??) pistol that is in a class of it's own....

A pistol chambered in .22 magnum

W/ a 30-32?

round magazine and picattany rails...

Taurus is a decent firearm...

just don't get a "HighPoint" 9mm pistol....they have the tolerances of a $3.99 Stanley brass door hand sliding latch...

Berretta, Sig Sauer and Browning are

excellent firearms.

There is a cool CHEAP BRAND?/TECH? name??) pistol that is in a class of it's own....

A pistol chambered in .22 magnum

W/ a 30-32?

round magazine and picattany rails...

The pistol is a KEL-TEC - PM 30 (PMK -30?)

.22 mag.

30 rounds

pretty good reviews...

The link is to the ultimate glock meltdown. I really like this guys series of run til they fail vids on guns, really shows what a gun can take before it fails. The full auto Ar-15 is a good vid also.

I applied for my carry permit and should have it soon. I won't actually carry until I'm 100% comfortable the gun and my ability to carry it responsibly.

I did a lot of reading and research about gun ownership before I bought and the decision to buy was a long time coming. I also got a lot of good adsvice from a couple of friends that carry.

Walther CCP 9mm

Can I ask what reasons prompted you to buying your first gun?

Even though I've never owned a gun before I've always been a big 2nd Amendent supporter. Since I didn't grow up with guns I never really felt the desire or need to own one.

Events in recent years have changed my mind. I'm not a right wing conspiracist but things have changed a lot in my 55 years. I sat my wife down about a year ago and told her I was going to buy a hand gun and get licensed to carry. I laid out all the reasons and told her that I'd like her to get licensed eventually also. She was all on board.

As a husband and a Dad to three kids I feel that it is my responsibilty to my Family to be ready just in case. Yeah.... I hoped that I would never feel this way but I do. Being naive won't keep my Family safe if we find ourselves in a bad situation.

So...... personal and Family protection is the short answer.

Friends who know guns that I let shoot my H&K don't believe how many rounds I've put through it. Most modern firearms are extremely reliable, manufacturing processes, design and metallurgy have come a long ways.

Once you go Glock little else satisfies.I'm sold

I've owned pretty much every frame size they make, save for the new single stacks, and didn't like any of them. Not for their utility/performance, they all worked well. I just don't like the way they feel in my hands, the grip angle is wrong, and I prefer hammer fired DA/SA semi autos like my Sigs and HK. Have a few Berettas as well, but the grip on those is too chunky, even the new PX4s.

I prefer wheelguns mostly. Have a few semiautos but rarely shoot em. My PPS is the only one that gets carried or shot regularly (and the only striker fired gun I own), and that's just because it carries better on a belt than my LCR. I love my 1911's but rarely carry them except when getting dressed up, and even then I'll holster a wood stocked revolver most of the time.

But... they work.

I've not seen one that didn't.

They're heavy as heck, poorly made, abysmal triggers, ...but they work. If someone wants a nightstand gun and doesn't have much money, could do a lot worse in the sub 200 market.