WOW, I am flabbergasted with all of your great comments and advice. I halfway expected to get called stupid for not knowing anything about guns and wanting to buy one. You guys are great. I think i'm going to try the A&S , I will report back with my experience and thanks so much all of you for being so cool and helpful about this, because believe it or not I'm not taking this lightly, this is a big decision for me and I just want to make sure i'm going about it in the safest possible manner. I'm looking for a firearm for number 1, Protection... and number 2. Fun. ... Hey it looks really fun so thats a bonus to it possibly saving my and my families lives someday.
take care all..
-PJ