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I cant say anything about their carbines as I have no experience with them, however their pistols are JUNK. My wife's uncle has one. I seen him attempt to shoot it once. He fired 1 shot and it jammed. Corrected it, fired, magazine fell out onto the ground. Corrected it, fired, fell out again. Corrected it fired it jammed. I never seen him fire more than 2 shots without having to correct a major problem. I have several friends who are police officers in downtown Cincinnati. They say they love for the gangbangers to use highpoints because they know the bad guys will only get one shot at them before jamming. If someone offered me one for free I wouldn't take it.
I love these kinds of comments... "I know someone, or saw someone.. or someone said..." Truth be told.. I've owned several brands of 9mm's, & 45 ACP's, & Hi-Points are included. Right now, I own 2 hi-points, 1 ruger, 2 beretta's, 3 walther's. I've had jams, & clips fall out of more then 1 brand-name gun. With the jams, there's usually one common cause, & thats buying (& using) cheap, poor quality ammo (Like Blazor), & not using FMJ's. Every-Time I've used Blazer Ammo, I have Jams. Another reason for Jams (IMPE) is poor cleaning & oiling. Not once have I ever seen a Jam that wasn't caused by one of those 2 things. Granted.. there are other reasons they can happen, but IMO, 99.5% of them are symptomatic of poor ownership.
As for the Hi-Points, & your comments regarding "Gangbangers".. I don't usually play this card, but here I'll make an exception. Your bigotry towards Hi-Points is obvious, & I'm assuming your not happy that these guns are affordable to low to middle income families. Gangbangers have all types, & brands of weapons. Hi-Points plays a small percentage in their arsenal, & I doubt Police officers are happy, or "they love for gangbanger to use Hi-Points because they know the bad guys will only get one shot at them before jamming." 1st... & foremost.. it only takes one to get dead. I know I wouldn't be "Happy" if anyone was shooting at me with anything. #2. In my experiences with Hi-Points.. using quality ammo (Or cleaning properly) takes care of jamming.
I'm new to this site, & to this forum, & its not my intent to start problems with other members right off the bat, but when i read bountyhunter24's post, & the intent of the post was clear to me.. I had to respond because I have personally used Hi-Point's, & still do.. Have never had malfunctions because of the "cheap quality" (Inferred to by bountyhunter24). I myself don't think its a "cheap gun". Its a gun thats affordable to people who can't afford $500 for a Luger, or $600 for a Beretta.
IMO, Owning a handgun for protection shouldn't be dependent on whether or not you can drop hundreds of dollars on one gun. There are more hard working American's that need protection, then are "Gangbangers" out looking for trouble. The 2d Amendment is a Right guaranteed by the US Constitution, & IMO.. If most responsible people had a side arm, these gangbangers wouldn't have a chance to commit crimes... or at-least get away when they do commit them. Which leads me to a whole different topic (Cops can't protect us)... so I'll stop there.