Ruger guns work. Whatever you may think about design, Bill Rugers politics (but he's dead now anyway) or some of their older and chunkier models (which still worked well), the fact remains that they work and work pretty well.
Ruger may sell a gun that doesn't live up to advertising hype, but the gun will function and be reasonably accurate.
Para, however, is not the Para of old. Back then, they were innovators and prided themselves on doing good work. Now they crank out overpriced pistols, people swear by them because of a twenty year old reputation and CS is at or near the bottom of the industry.
Don't make the same mistake I did. Buy the Ruger.