By "Cheapest" I mean it cost little. Better if you bought it new at this cheap price, but second hand would be OK if none new.
Usually we talk middle class or upper-middle price-wise on the Lounge for new guns and of course Collectibles can be very pricey
Why the question? I live on a street that divides a nice middle to upper class area of beautiful older,homes, late 19th to early 20th Century.
A short block to my right at the nearby corner is Hell. Huge upsurge in violent crime, incredible poverty, shootings at least a couple of times a week it seems. I wouldn't walk there with 5 Carry guns. So, I know both "sides of the street".
There scum, illegal gun sellers feast on teenage gangs, selling to all, a long way from West Side Story in result. There the woman, husband gone, stands by a lonely bus stop that is 35 min. coming, not 15 as scheduled, completely vulnerable, waiting to do her night shift at the drug store after already working 6 hrs that day. She could be the woman taking a walk with her young child months later seeing the child fall, shot dead by a mis-aimed round in a drive-by shooting. This seems to happen once a year; maybe it's every other, who cares.
So, who REALLY needs that self-defense gun: her, the old man walking at night - car impossible, any of them - or me.
It's an accepted statistic, crime in poor areas has not only the perps to commit them but most of the victims to die.
Few can afford guns; know anything about how to legally apply etc. even though they'd be approved.
So I thought it would be a change for once to discuss the cheapest guns that are still good for Self-Defense.
Mine would be a used Detective for $297, but few would know what a Detective was in the areas I speak of, they might pass that by if they did have $350 for a gun. I've heard Bersa are very good and reasonable, and Hi-Point has excellent reviews although I have laughed at them - my arrogance.
Last, before I began shooting (2007) my city outlawed all gun ranges. There was one in the midst of one of these neighborhoods. Gone. Replaced by those further away than the suburbs, half hour or more drive; few in these areas have cars or gas money if they do. So even if they get a gun legally, where can they practice, learn, take classes.? They can't.
If you lived in one of "those" areas, and knew what you know, what would you buy if you could scrape a little money up; based on what cheap but effective guns you have now?
Thanks for any interest.
Usually we talk middle class or upper-middle price-wise on the Lounge for new guns and of course Collectibles can be very pricey
Why the question? I live on a street that divides a nice middle to upper class area of beautiful older,homes, late 19th to early 20th Century.
A short block to my right at the nearby corner is Hell. Huge upsurge in violent crime, incredible poverty, shootings at least a couple of times a week it seems. I wouldn't walk there with 5 Carry guns. So, I know both "sides of the street".
There scum, illegal gun sellers feast on teenage gangs, selling to all, a long way from West Side Story in result. There the woman, husband gone, stands by a lonely bus stop that is 35 min. coming, not 15 as scheduled, completely vulnerable, waiting to do her night shift at the drug store after already working 6 hrs that day. She could be the woman taking a walk with her young child months later seeing the child fall, shot dead by a mis-aimed round in a drive-by shooting. This seems to happen once a year; maybe it's every other, who cares.
So, who REALLY needs that self-defense gun: her, the old man walking at night - car impossible, any of them - or me.
It's an accepted statistic, crime in poor areas has not only the perps to commit them but most of the victims to die.
Few can afford guns; know anything about how to legally apply etc. even though they'd be approved.
So I thought it would be a change for once to discuss the cheapest guns that are still good for Self-Defense.
Mine would be a used Detective for $297, but few would know what a Detective was in the areas I speak of, they might pass that by if they did have $350 for a gun. I've heard Bersa are very good and reasonable, and Hi-Point has excellent reviews although I have laughed at them - my arrogance.
Last, before I began shooting (2007) my city outlawed all gun ranges. There was one in the midst of one of these neighborhoods. Gone. Replaced by those further away than the suburbs, half hour or more drive; few in these areas have cars or gas money if they do. So even if they get a gun legally, where can they practice, learn, take classes.? They can't.
If you lived in one of "those" areas, and knew what you know, what would you buy if you could scrape a little money up; based on what cheap but effective guns you have now?
Thanks for any interest.
