I too am of the "handle as many as you can" strategy. My rationale is: any newb who buys a gun they do not really like is unlikely to handle it, which means they are unlikely to practice safe handling or safe shooting. So the gun is basically waiting to be stolen or to ND somebody. Go to a gun show and look and handle everything, then go to a range and borrow or rent what you liked.
Kind of like finding a mate: If you like the way she (in my case) looks, like the way she feels, and like the way she performs...then take her home for life, buy her a nice holster to wear, take her out once a week or more, and keep stroking her with that trigger finger.
Kind of like finding a mate: If you like the way she (in my case) looks, like the way she feels, and like the way she performs...then take her home for life, buy her a nice holster to wear, take her out once a week or more, and keep stroking her with that trigger finger.