I don't recommend carrying ANY gun unless you are committed to "stone cold competency" with it ..... and by carrying many different guns on different days, you are complicating the matter immensely...... I've drilled with the 1911 to the point that when I'm funnin' around at a bowling pin match with other guns, even revolvers, my thumb swipes the safety down, even if it is not there to be swiped.....
Crunch time is no time to be trying to remember which gun you decided went well with your outfit today. It's a self defense tool, not a fashion accessory...... pick one and stick with it, because trigger time is the only way to muscle memory, and it takes a ton of it to instill....and just as much to unlearn it.
With respect, you are not me.
Each of the guns I carry routinely feel very different in the hand. I have drilled enough with each that picking it up blind in the dark i know which i have and how to use it.
I started out years ago shooting revolvers, and carried the 442 exclusively for several years. Each of the others was added over time, and only with care and practice.
They are most certainly not a fashion accessory, and if you knew me you would know that there is not a "fashion consideration" bone of any sort in my body.
One carries better in a pocket, another better in an IWB holster. I would rather carry comfortably depending on the season and what I am going to be doing that day than chained to a single tool just because. Even hammers come in different flavors depending on the job at hand, don't they?
The OP asked for opinions for a gun for a woman. As a woman, having been an enthusiast for years, and a collector, i felt qualified to offer one on the ones I own. I did not encourage in any way the necessity of owning multiple models. In fact, I encouraged a "do all" with the Shield.
You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but please don't be so dismissive of the opinion of another.
