I have owned a LCP since they first came out. The original with the long trigger pull, then the Gen 2. In the 10 years of owing them, I developed a niche for shooting pocket guns, which I do weekly. I train with them often and believe if you can shoot one well, then you pretty much can shoot most guns fairly accurate as well.
I have owned 4 LCP's. During that time, I also had sent a number of them back for repairs or replacements. Mostly due to the build quality. Cheap aluminum chassis's etc. that would invariably result in cracked frames, split rails, broken down take down pins etc.
I was really disappointed when Ruger came out with the LCP ll. It really was IMO a gun for the Marketing crowd. A few cosmetic differences, a last round lock back and a insane trigger for a pocket gun.
They did nothing to improve on the quality of the gun. I thought for sure they were going to come out with a all stainless steel chassis, modular design, and make it a tank, like Ruger is so well known for making.
Basically they are "Throw away guns". Shoot them often, it breaks and then just replace.
When I first shot the New LCP ll, I knew I did not need any manual to see that the gun was just downright unsafe to carry. Why would Ruger take a good design with a nice trigger like the Gen 2, and put that crazy trigger on the new gun? Man they screwed that one up. On a pocket gun?
It was obvious they were going after the Newbie crowd, and using Marketing over quality.
I felt that the new trigger was weird right away, a crazy free play, then a short take up and then a quick bang. The Older Gen 2 had a nice smooth pull, deliberate all the way through. Not so with the new model.
I moved on to other Pocket guns, which actually turned out to be a good thing in my case. But it was not long after shooting the LCP ll that I saw this notice below. Man, he was right on with the safety of this gun and I shared his sediments entirely.
Each to his own, but as a Ruger fan for other guns, I turned away from LCP's. Just found better built guns and better shooting Pocket guns. I Personally would not own a LCP ll if you gave me one. Just not safe.
Here is the notice below.
http://www.unclegeorgeswalletholsters.com/Pages/LCPIIWARNING.aspx