If you have no experience, PLEASE for the safety of those around you go take a CCW class! I agree with not carrying a handgun that doesn't start with a 4, but I've been shooting them awhile. Do yourself a favor go rent a few guns at the range and get comfortable withwhatever you choose before you start packin it. To easy to loose your head in the moment, and that's when your training will pay off, not when your flaunting your new piece to your buddies!