Can't fathom for the life of me why anyone would think that a semiauto pist is too complicated for a newbie? Police recruitsin large metropolitan arenas most never held a pustll until the academy and they do just fine
I guess it depends on the newbie. There's certainly more to understand about a semiauto pistol in order to operate it safely, though, so someone who's not really interested in learning about his gun (e.g., it's just going to be loaded up and stuffed in a sock drawer, just in case) should, in my opinion, be steered in the direction of a good double action revolver.
