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Looking for a Good Hand Gun Any Suggestions?
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<blockquote data-quote="dilligaf" data-source="post: 570616" data-attributes="member: 11476"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: purple">Red, when I read your post the first thing I thought of was your wife. What ever you get, make sure your wife can handle it and knows how to handle it. Absolutely take a gun class. Our local dealer does not only CCW classes but private instruction as well. I see you are taking steps to protect the kids. Cache is right, if you have a gun in the house your wife must be able to handle it and practice handling it regularly. Not just once. If she refuses, then get a guard dog. I cannot stress enough the importance of your wife being willing and capable of handling a handgun. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080">For a fail safe hand gun get a revolver. It will fire everytime. Olbrowneye's suggestion of a 'judge' is good but I will tell you that firing it takes a strong hand. The 410 is great for in home, up close protection. But it does have a kick. My step son has one and he shoots regularly. He says it kicks pretty good. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080">I have a 9mm and we also have a 45, plus various and sundry other handguns and rifles. The 9 and 45 are my favorites. I shoot both with a fair amount of accuracy. My 9 sits at my computer most of the time. You can get Glaser rounds for a 9 and 45, which act just like shotgun shells. They penetrate up close but will not go through walls. They do a great deal of damage. I have shot a 40 before and from a womans standpoint I didn't like it. It was to big for my hand and it also hurt my hand after firing several rounds. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080">Our 45 has the same safety feature that 'olbrown talked about. You have to grip the gun to release the safety.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080">I guess the most important thing would be to get a gun that your wife can handle. You can handle any of them. </span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dilligaf, post: 570616, member: 11476"] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=purple]Red, when I read your post the first thing I thought of was your wife. What ever you get, make sure your wife can handle it and knows how to handle it. Absolutely take a gun class. Our local dealer does not only CCW classes but private instruction as well. I see you are taking steps to protect the kids. Cache is right, if you have a gun in the house your wife must be able to handle it and practice handling it regularly. Not just once. If she refuses, then get a guard dog. I cannot stress enough the importance of your wife being willing and capable of handling a handgun. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080]For a fail safe hand gun get a revolver. It will fire everytime. Olbrowneye's suggestion of a 'judge' is good but I will tell you that firing it takes a strong hand. The 410 is great for in home, up close protection. But it does have a kick. My step son has one and he shoots regularly. He says it kicks pretty good. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080]I have a 9mm and we also have a 45, plus various and sundry other handguns and rifles. The 9 and 45 are my favorites. I shoot both with a fair amount of accuracy. My 9 sits at my computer most of the time. You can get Glaser rounds for a 9 and 45, which act just like shotgun shells. They penetrate up close but will not go through walls. They do a great deal of damage. I have shot a 40 before and from a womans standpoint I didn't like it. It was to big for my hand and it also hurt my hand after firing several rounds. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080]Our 45 has the same safety feature that 'olbrown talked about. You have to grip the gun to release the safety.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080]I guess the most important thing would be to get a gun that your wife can handle. You can handle any of them. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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