Interesting. I always thought I'd be a Glock girl too. You know, even the name sounds cool. Well, I shot a police issue one during my stint with the Police Department (Citizen's Police Academy, seriously) and found they're way too big for my hand. I'm not a little petite thing, either. I'm the best shot with a Ruger .38 revolver, but impatient since they're not semi-auto. I don't do much shooting, and I did get a Walther P-22 for Valentines Day I've yet to shoot. I'm not a gun nut, although my husband does make his living in the firearms business. And holding a gun does put a certain fear in me. Like you, I hope I never get rid of it.

I've never shot a Glock, but I learned how to shoot with a .44 revolver, which packs quite a punch. I ended up buying a .357 which was more manageable for me. But it's been years since I've been at the shooting range. I wanted to go to the Kiss of Death tour in Atlanta, but I couldn't get away from the family for another day in order to make it.

I have a freind who used to be into Glocks and a couple of times took me with him to the shooting range. The first time I went with him I used a .22 handgun but the second time he put the Glock in my hand and I shot it many times and it scared me away from guns altogether.

I also got to shoot an AK-47 in full auto mode and that was A LOT OF FUN! and happened before the Glock scared me off of guns altogether

I'm not a big fan of Glocks, but we have a range a friend of mine goes to weekly and it seems that's all he talks about. It's kinda scary. -- Jess.

One thing to know about semi-automatics, particularly larger calibers... they jam alot if you don't have a really strong hand grip on them.

The recoil is what ejects the cartridge, slams the "hammer" back and load the next round.

So, if your wrist breaks over (not literally, just "gives") then you often get a jam at some point of the process.

A gun jam would therefore be realistic and certainly an opportunity for dramatic pause and a really good "oh shit" moment.

yo sis-in-law