My first choice for a first time gun owner is the Bersa Thunder 380 Plus

Are you a first time firearm purchaser? Not sure which caliber you will handle best? Looking for a gun with multiple safety features? Not looking to spend over $400 dollars? Well there are a number of decent guns out there. As my pick, I'd like to introduce you to the Bersa thunder 380 plus. Its a good gun for the money and comes with the features of handguns way more expensive. I'd like to share with you the specs on this weapon, along with my personal experiences with a Bersa Thunder 380 that I've previously owned. Bersa is an Argentine arms manufacturer, located in the city of Ramos Mejía in Argentina. 

The company was founded in the mid-1950s by Italian immigrants Benso Bonadimani, Ercole Montini and Savino Caselli, all of them mechanical engineers. Montini worked for Beretta in Italy. At the beginning they were producing parts for the now defunct Argentine arms manufacturer Ballester–Molina. Their first handgun was a modified version of a Ballester model which they called "Luan", combining the first two letters of the last names of the 2 designers of the pistol, Luce and Antonovich. The gun didn't have much commercial success and very few of them were produced; nowadays they are quite rare collector's items. 

Bersa is currently one of the largest privately owned corporations in Argentina. It produces, among many handguns, the very popular Bersa Thunder 380 and the Bersa Thunder 9 pistols and the Ultra Compact series of the Thunder chambered in 9mm, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP. They also have the Thunder .40 S&W HD which holds 13 rounds and comes in duo tone or matte black.