Choosing a Handgun, Part III: Shooting from the Hip. Or Not.

“Hands up!” Let’s be honest. At least once in your adult life, you’ve fantasized about saying those words (or words like them) as a cowboy/private detective/action hero to save the day in your own, imaginary showdown with a bad guy. Once you get serious about gun ownership, you quickly realize that this sort of confrontation lives in the realm of fantasy. At least it should do and you hope so. Truth be told, as a handgun owner, you’re about as likely to be struck by lightning whilst fending off a white shark as you are to find yourself in a situation where he who unholsters first, wins. Stranger things have happened, but you can’t let Hollywood determine your choice of holsters.

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