I would never ever carry an expensive handgun for self defense. No way no how!
Now, I suppose "expensive" is a relative term, and to me personally any pistol over $600/700 IS an expensive gun. There are multitudes of under-600 dollar guns that can be had that are fine defense guns.
My reasoning is that IF you need to shoot in self defense you must realize that the police are going to confiscate that weapon.......no matter how justified you are in any given incident......and don't think for a second that the gun is going to be well taken care of while it is in storage for months or years as evidence. It could come back to you damaged or rusted if you get it back at all.........and your complaints would fall on deaf ears: "Life's just tough all over pal".
My brother in-law carries a 1800 dollar pistol as his primary self defense gun and I could never get my head around that logic! Why not carry a 400 dollar RIA which would serve just as well IMHO......and it would'nt be as painful to surrender a RIA as opposed to handing over a Les Baer to an unknown fate.
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Who cares if the PD steals your gun. That gun just saved your life! Isn't that allmost priceless? Isn't that worth a trip to the gun store to celebrate? How many times do you expect to be in a real shooting in your lifetime anyways? It's not like your going to lose 4 Ed Brown pistols to corrupt evidence lockers.
If you save my life I'm in your debt in a way that's far more valuable than the price of any pistol. In some cultures you literally can claim ownership of someone you save for a time. (some weird karma honor thing)
I think I'll choose the gun that works the best when my life is on the line. That's either my modded Glock, or my most expensive custom 1911. Depending on the day.
I've had some bare bones GI type 1911's. They stink compared to the one I've spent time fixing up. I'm not going to carry an old school 1911 or a Sigma just to save money because my gun gets stolen after a shooting.
If I knew of a better, more effective weapon for CCW than what I currently carry, I'm going to try to get my hands on one. Too expensive? Need to sell my spare car, turn off cable, kick out my money siphon girlfriend? So be it.
If my guns are stolen by the PD after a shooting, and I survive, I'll just buy another. Big deal. I'm still ALIVE and thrilled about it. And generally, in free American states, you get to keep your gun after a good shoot. IE: a shoot were you don't get carted off in cuffs.
A dead guy isn't going to be happier that his cheap gun got stolen by the PD than a living guy who has had his expensive gun stolen by the PD.
Price should not be criteria.
Whether or not a gun is best suited to keep you alive is valid criteria to choose with. If you can't work the stiff trigger of a Keltec, maybe a nicer gun would be suitable.
So let me ask you this, not to single you or anyone out.........
Is your current gun that you use for CCW or HD the best, most effective gun for you? Is there a more expensive gun that would improve your shooting?
If the answer is no. Then carry on.
If the answer is yes........then whats stopping you from upgrading.
