re: Help me buy my first handgun

It's not for fighting, it is for defense. Id like to see how many self defense applications of firearms required the person to have staying power on the scene. If you want a fighting tool you need an M4.

Let's also see how long we have to dig through youtube to find an instance of a semi auto hanging up in shooting vs finding a revolver hanging up.

The revolver is as valid of a self defense firearm now as it ever was. Now we have 7 and 8 shot double actions to chose from.