[Joe Boucher]

Exactly,
Same here,
Wife needed a nice fail safe weapon and a .38 hammerless is perfect for a newbie.

[CodeJockey]

Thanks all. I'll get the option to purchase a 14 month membership to the firing range with my ccw class for a discount and I am certainly going to do it.

I guess the best advise I've received is no matter what weapon I decide on... practice practice practice. And practice some more.

fwiw it's worth, I love this site:

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