TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – SpeleoFool’s Beretta PX4 Storm Compact

By Dan Zimmerman

Warren Buffet is well-known for his advice to “invest in what you know.” A similar philosophy led to my choice in a carry gun — I carry what I know . . .

My first gun was a Beretta 92FS. I bought it for two simple reasons. The first was because I liked the virtual version of that firearm in Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas, and I wanted to see if I was any good with a real one. The second was because I didn’t really get the whole Second Amendment thing. For me that was a good reason to exercise my rights: because I could. To see what I could learn from the experience.

As a gun noob I really wasn’t comfortable with the idea of carry. Shooting at a range or plinking in the desert was one thing, but toting around a hidden gun? That was scary. Maybe even a little creepy. After all, I didn’t grow up around guns–I found my own way to them. I had never felt unsafe without one. The idea of walking around with a loaded handgun was profoundly unsettling and seemed completely unnecessary.

What I hadn’t yet realized was that my awesome new Beretta had …Read the Rest

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