I didn't like mine and got rid of it. The only good thing about it is its size. It sucks to shoot. The P238 is WAY more comfortable to shoot but it's twice as expensive.

I'm partial to the Bersa Thunder.

The LCP is a great little gun to carry. Very easy to conceal in any number of places, either on the body or in a bag. But it is a pig to shoot.

I am of the opinion that one should not carry a personal defense weapon without first shooting a couple of hundred rounds with it at the range. You just need to develop some muscle memory with it before you plan for it to save your life. Then you need shoot a box of rounds at least once or twice a year after that. With that in mind, when you shoot a box with the LCP, you will feel it the next day. It is so light and the grip is so thin that the recoil hits like a hammer against the meat of your palm. It will almost leave a bruise. The wife won't shoot mine anymore. She'll bang the .357 mag, but not the .380 LCP.

It's not a fun gun to shoot. But I still carry it regularly because it conceals better than any other gun you can find.

My wife has one, she keep in her purse with one in the pipe. With the heavy trigger pull she thinks is safe to carry hot. The clip comes out on her purse everynow and then, she's had it for quite a few years now. I need to work on it, I can probably fix that. For the money its a good gun for carry, good womens gun best I can tell.

I have a SW Bodygaurd like the one posted above. I do not carry with a bullet in the chamber eventhough it has a safety. The safety on mine is really stiff. My wifes tells me I might as not carry if I don't have one the chamber, but I can't make myself do it. I perfer the SW myself, but for my wife I think she is right and she perfers the Ruger.

I have an LCP. Great little carry gun, primarily because it is so easy to conceal.

Getting one for your wife? Unless she is an experienced shooter, and familiar with semi-automatics, I'd probably recommend against. Not exactly fun to shoot or accurate. Any semi-automatic is prone to occasional malfunction. Could she clear a stovepipe in a stressful situation?

Recommend you consider getting the wife a small revolver. Easy to conceal, decent sights (usually), and almost malfunction-proof.

Agreed.

It's a beach to shoot and IS prone to jamming.

It is small and cheap...that's the only positives I can give it.

They're reliable, but I recommend shooting one before buying it. I have a tendency to accidentally trip the mag release which would not be a good thing if I was trying to use it in a bad situation.