IMHO, I prefer SA .45 ACP colt or similar....VERY accurate, especially if you take the time to handload. I have a TZ-75 9MM I recieved for a present from my folks' when I was 13...I think I've put well over 5,000 rounds through it over the years. Oh, and I do carry concealed and PRAY that I never HAVE to use it. I started competitive markmanship when I was 7, and my son started when he was 8....Marksmanship is a skill....You may disagree, but it isn't the easiest thing to do. Like anything else, it take YEARS of practice, especially with an inherently dangerous impliment (hmmm...kinda like a car). If you have the time, money and skill, any handgun will suffice for target "practice".....but, for God's sakes, don't buy something because it's "cool". Get something you can start with that isn't going to make you recoil shy (like a .38 special or 9MM) and work your way up from there. BTW, you can buy a .357 Magnum and shoot .38 specials (which "kick" about as much as a 9MM)- when you're ready, move up to the .357's. Just my .02....
BTW, those kids that shot up the school?? Where were their parents?? It seems that everyone is quick to blame anything except for what made kids like that in the first place.....
