I usually tell the negative nancys that if I let internet chatter dictate what firearms I should buy for self defense, then my choice of weapon would be a Louisville slugger.
Then there are still those gunnuts around who deride the Kahr brand as "Moonie" guns. Most likely those guys would be thrilled to own a Nazi-marked Luger, a commie Marakov, or Imperial Japanese Nambu. Go figure.
This is a great forum and is one of the best moderated that I have ever had the privilege to join. That is based on my Internet experience since 1998 and accumulating in excess of 100,000 posts on scores of forums of all types. (a couple dozen of those posts over the decades have actually been worthwhile to read too)
A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition
-Rudyard Kipling