I had a Smith 442 that was my wife's carry gun when we lived in Texas. Now, we live in Illinois which just recently passed a law allowing CC. I bought my wife a Glock 19. She's a good shot to begin with; she grew up around firearms and hunted every year with her dad. She shot the orange center out of a Shoot-N-See target at 7 yards when she first picked the pistol up and shot it. She shot over 200 rounds and maintained a high level of accuracy throughout the shooting session. She'll be carrying it in a purse designed for concealed carry. She hasn't decided which purse she wants, but the good thing about the purses is the gun rides in an internal holster, not bouncing around the interior of her purse collecting lint and other foreign matter. I look at the Glock 19 as a 15-round 9mm revolver; she just pulls it out and pulls the trigger until the threat is neutralized.
