glock.
I don't care how reliable, how many police forces use them, how affordable they are.
OH, and for anyone that wants to **** and moan about "who cares what it looks like when you are defending yourself." Bite me. You never bought a shirt other than white? What car do you drive? Everything we do, everything we own is an expression of who we are. That extends to pistols.
A black and white bic pen works fine and is cheap and reliable, but that doesn't stop me from owning a Colibri fountain pen.
An eMachine is a computer, but so is my Alienware.
A glock is a pistol, but so is my Walther P99.