And if you ever need it, you will be quite happy to have a big boy gun with 15+1 rounds on tap to handle your problem.

For a price as cheap as $337 on the open market, I have to call this one of the best values I’ve seen. I started skeptically, but the K2 has certainly won me over. This is a bargain, that I can highly recommend.

When it comes to your carry gun, one of the great debates is always inside the waistband (IWB) or outside the waistband (OWB). Both have strengths and weaknesses, so what are you to choose?

So I thought this week we would take a minute and look at some often missing bits and pieces to the BOB conversation.

We are truly living in the golden age of handguns, as this week’s test model will attest. My test model is the 509C or compact. While I usually prefer to get my hands on the full-sized model first, the 509C brings everything I like in a pistol to the table.

This week, we are going to conclude our Buying Guide for Noobs with the last piece of the puzzle.

It feels like a Glock, it shoots like a Glock, and it runs like a Glock. If Combat Tupperware is your duty gun, home defense gun, or CCW gun, you absolutely need this.

Finally, we need to look at a solution for people that either don’t want a gun or live in a place that buying one is no longer an option.

It does, however, have downsides. It lets everyone know you are armed, which may make you the first victim in a shooting.