This is for people new to firearms and interested in self defense.About 10% of the population is left-handed which can be for the most part is not an issue, think pressing the lock screen button on a smartphone. But for firearms it can be a challenge. For going to the range and plinking it is not an issue if you're left-handed and your firearm only has right-handed controls. When it comes to training and an actual self defense situation there is a real advantage for a few reasons.First, reloads. Whether it is a tactical reload (topping off by putting in a full magazine) or an emergency reload (current magazine is empty, slide locked back, but threat is not over) being able to do so quickly is important. If you have to alter your grip weirdly to hit that right-handed oriented magazine release can cause an issues including dropping your gun in a high stress situation. After getting that magazine out you know how to put in a full, and chambering a round if it's an emergency reload. If it's an emergency reload the slide will be locked back so after inserting that fresh magazine you can either slingshot the slide, or hit the slide stop release if possible. Slingshotting requires less mechanical skill but hitting the slide stop release is "slightly" faster.Second, malfunctions. The weakest part of a semi-pistol is the magazine. The worst malfunction (second to a squid-bullet stuck in the barrel) is a double feed. A double feed is when you have a case/bullet in the chamber and another bullet trying to leave the magazine into the chamber. To fix this requires locking back the slide, so pushing up on the slide stop release, while pulling the slide back. Then, you have to strip the magazine by pressing the magazine release and pulling the magazine out. The next part doesn't matter what orientation the gun is; you rack the slide 3 times, insert fresh magazine, and rack again.A left-handed person shooting handguns for a long time will be use to right-handed guns but this post is for those that are new.The firearms below are 9mm, striker-fired, and compact. The reason why 9mm is because there is very minimal difference in wounding between the major service handgun service caliber but 9mm has the highest capacity and the least amount of recoil. The striker-fired is because it makes a firearm as mechanically safe as possible; it will not go off without the trigger being pulled without having to take any additional steps to make your weapon ready to defend yourself (manual safety). The compact part is so it's not too large to carry and so it's not too small for home defense if this will be your only gun.-FN FNS-9c-Ruger American Compact-Sig Sauer P320 Compact-Smith & Wesson M&P9c-Walther PPQ M2 via /r/CCW http://ift.tt/2iqEENw
