Originally Posted by AZFlyer

And a completely unrelated gun thought to my previous post...

My wife and I are shopping around for a small 9mm/.380 semi-auto for her to carry concealed. Purse carry is out of the question in both our minds. She is small with small hands and a lefty.

So far, we have gone to the local fun stores and looked at:
- S&W bodyguard - she hates the way it looks..yeah, I know...
- Ruger LCP - dislikes the sights and says its too small
- Taurus 709slim - I own one, don't plan to keep it, not a fan
- Springfield XDs - viewed the .45, waiting for the 9mm to come out

Still waiting to get a first hand look at the Ruger lc9c and S&W shield, anyone here familiar with these guns? Thoughts?

We are trying to avoid compact/subcompact versions of full sized pistols because while they have shorter over length and height, they're still just as wide as their full size counterparts. We'd like to stick with the slimmer models like those listed above.

I know that there are a lot of options out there, so I'm sure I'm missing some other weapons that would be worth looking at and so I thought I'd ping the members here to see what else is out there that I haven't thought of yet.