I like the Taurus, but it is a bit heavy for. The Hi Point .40 my first firearm, but I really like that Para Ord. It will be while before I can afford that one..
A Hi Point's best feature is the lifetime warranty that's honored by the factory no matter how old it is or many owners it's had. At least that's how it was last time I checked.
I have never even fired a Hi Point, much less owned one, but people who I know who have fired their's extensively say that if you get a good one it will do anything that pistols costing 3 or 4 times as much can do. I guess that if you can get a good one by luck of the draw you could also get a bad one the same way. But even so, I haven't heard or read about any Hi Point owner badmouthing his gun. I have all the handguns I need, but I would like to try out one of those butt-ugly but supposed-to-be accurate and reliable Hi Point carbines chambered for .45 ACP. If I'm ever gonna get one I guess it better be soon, I'm sure Obama will try his dead level best to keep me, or anyone else for that matter, from ever laying hands on one.