Should Your Everyday Carry Gun Be Inexpensive?

 "Should Your EDC Be A Throw-Away Gun?"--The Truth About Guns. The author is not discussing the law enforcement practice of carrying a gun that can be planted as evidence a suspect was armed, but using a firearm that is dependable, but not so outrageously expensive that its loss, should it be confiscated following a self-defense shooting, be a financial hardship if you had to replace it.