I feel lucky that during the course of my professional life span (about 26 years now) I've seen the evolution of several new handgun cartridges: the .40S&W, the .357Sig and the .45GAP to name a few.

A new Glock Model 33 .357 Magnum will set you back about $500. Darren Wallace could have paid five bucks for his; it still would have been the worst investment that he ever made. Early on Monday night ...