[JavaBrewer]

Sorry can't help but inject - and I know nothing bout guns or care to. For home defense why not a shotgun? Hand guns (to me) are for concealment and more preferred by people living in fear or employed where a firearm is a necessity.

I have no fear of guns. I've shot a 357M and 44M, done some range shooting wiath a 38sp, and my Dad taught me to shoot his 12ga - but no formal training. I just don't subscribe to the fear reasoning folks use to own handguns. If I ever, ever, felt like I needed a handgun to properly protect myself I would move before getting the gun. No question, no hesitation. I am not afraid of guns or even killing a person - bad as that sounds. I just refuse to put myself, and family, in that position. I am more afraid of something accidental happening in a household with kids/young adults when guns are in the mix. In a home invasion hand guns are only effective if they are accessible and loaded. Exactly the bad recipe for 99.9999 of the time spent in a household with kids.

Sorry to inject a anti-gun post in this thread but I just could not sit idle while following a person I respect go to the dark side...