Where I used to live , I ' d occasionally see a 60 something woman standing outside a pizza shop , dressed as a pizza slice . She always looked like she was debating handing out flyers for another day , or walking in front of a bus . <| sep |> There aren ' t too many bad choices you can make . I mean almost every modern semiauto pistol is going to shoot well and reliably . The differences are mostly nuances in ergonomics , control placement , etc . Go for the Ruger American . Seems to get good reviews . You may want to go 9 mm over . 45 to get more pew per dollar but at the end of the day we all blow loads of cash to punch holes in paper . I ' ve gone through a lot of pistols . Think I ' ve bought and sold more than 15 and still have 7 in my collection . Again nothing wrong with any of them . Favourite polymer striker fire is my FNS 9 $ 600 Favourite SADA is my CZ Shadow $ 1000