daysleeprx - well... of course. For the sake of the fact that it's a gun forum, I'm going to give people the benefit of the doubt that they can hit their target at legally allowed distances for justified deadly force.
As for beauty in the eye of the beholder - you're right. Personally, I have no problem with my Glocks and how they look. They look just fine to me..... but I constantly hear people arguing that Glocks (and other polymer pistols) are not worth buying because they're "ugly" and I don't get that argument...... You can certainly have a gun that is beautiful AND reliable (revolvers fit the bill). However, if faced between a EBHG (Evil black hand gun) that you know works 100% and some other gun that looks pretty but you don't know works well (or worse - know jams a lot)..(ie: some 1911's or other autos)... my point was that just like with a tool, you pick it by functionality..... so I made a graphic..
a crappy graphic as it turned out.... but a graphic nonetheless.