I know guns can get expensive, but when its your carry gun or your wifes carry gun, then you don't want to go cheap.
Again, go for a gun you can trust, if its cheap, good, if its not so cheap, well, you will have to make a choice.
I'm not trying to sound oike a d***. Sorry if I do.
No, I hear you. There is a line. I wouldn't buy a Keltec pistol for anything. I'm no Ruger fanboy, and the LC9 isn't the finest built gun ever, but I owned one for a while and feel comfortable that it would be a decently reliable pistol for protection if it's not getting abused all the time at a range.