Ruger P94

Finally found something I liked. I bought a Ruger P94 in the 9mm flavor. I was really impressed with it's safety mechanism. The safety is ambidextrous, you can instantly render the pistol useless with the flick of a thumb from either hand. Not only does it disengage the trigger when it's pushed into "safe" it also de-cocks the hammer. I also liked the weight. Ruger's P94 frame is solid metal. The salesman at Helm's explained Ruger uses a new method of production called precision casting. Instead of machined parts on the frame they make very accurate casts which saves a ton of money during manufacturing. That means lower retail cost and lower cost makes me and my bank account happy.

In order to buy my gun, I had to pay $20 on top of registration and DROS fees to take a dumb test. It's called the California BFSC (Basic Firearms Safety Certificate). California's Department of Justice put this hacked crap together. Essentially the BFSC is a multiple choice question and answer test that a chimp could pass. Waste of time really, and it burned an extra twenty bucks. Passing the BFSC is supposed to make me a safe gun owner? I dunno. Just more government red tape if you ask me. I paid for the automatic and then waited for ten days during a registration and background check. Everything was cool, so now I've got my first handgun.