hey guys, thought I'd speak up and let you all know how much fun I've had reading through this site -- posted my first stuff tonight (about the Steyr S40). I'm pretty new to all this with guns; been to the rental range ten or so times and now that my brother just turned 21 we're shopping for our first guns. this site's been a tremendous resource for educating ourselves on the subject.
FYI, we've decided to move up to firearms as a kind of natural progression: we practice martial arts and have a certain amount of training in various weapons. also, we have a restaurant in the middle of our city's bar/restaurant district, and now that we've gotten to know what goes on underneath the sleepy facade of a medium sized college town, we've decided to carry somewhat bigger sticks, so to speak.