Thread: Handgun.. any recommendations?

All great advice, but i will chime in once more, often times a gun can save your life without being fired...
It's the OH S**T factor, or Pucker factor as my dad calls it.
Most guns have to be seen to induce this fear in an intruder, but as another member said a pump action shotgun will induce this to the greatest degree, and without being seen.
The sound is recognisable the world over, and because of the spread you are almost guaranteed to get a hit. Nothing will stop an intruder, and keep them away as effectively as a 12 gauge.

I got the Springfield Armory XD .40 subcompact back in September as my first gun. It has great safety features that you won't find in a glock. The butt of the gun must be engaged with your thumb webbing as this presses down on a safety mechanism built into the rear side of the handle. It also has two indicators of the gun's cocked and/or loaded state. So, I feel quite a bit more comfortable with the Springfield than with a glock. That said, the first time I shot with the Springfield, it scared the **** out of me and I thought that it may be too much gun for me. That feeling does go away some, but the feeling that I should've bought a shotgun does not. When and if I get my conceal carry license I think the Springfield will be perfect, but if the gun is mostly going to stay at home I don't think you will have any regrets with a nice shotgun. Also, many have told me that the 9mms do similar damage compared to the .40 and are not quite as scary. Let us know what you end up with.

Yes, don't get one, guns are bad




































p.s. thats just jealousy because they don't let us play with guns over here