Due to Garland (36 minutes from this house), and other ways Obama is quickly destroying the economy/country and bringing Muslims in, my significant other will purchase a “Glock” or “The Judge” personal defense weapon very soon.
We are in the situation the Jews were in before Hitler started mass killing them. The big clues were there but most of the Jews thought it just couldn't happen so they didn't leave or prepare to defend themselves. In their case, since they were a minority, leaving was the only way to save their life. In our case, at this time we are the majority, so preparing with weapons and water/food, etc., is absolutely necessary to combat what is to come in the not distant future.
My suggestion to you, so far as handguns [which should usually not be thought of as your first line of defence] is to follow the procedure followed by me and my fiancée: get whatever suits you best, and have him get whatever works as well for him, whether it's the same type/style/model of weapon or not. But also pick up a spare or alternative for each of you that is of the same common type, so that your ammunition stocks and magazines/speedloaders are common as well. And that also gives you a pair of spares, either for less well-equipped friends or visitors, or for your own use.