....... To me this is the ideal close range defense weapon that my wife and I both can handle. I.....
I agree. We keep one in the closet to fall back to.
I would opt for a good lighting system over the optic. Even as Clint Smith did with a flashlight held on by rubber bands.
I think Benny speaks the truth here. Might I suggest a site for a flashlight that someone here turned me on to
www.all-battery.com . I bought a couple of their Tenergy LED lights and I love them...paid $30 for each though now they are $50. Maybe they'll go down again.... Watch close to the description....some called tactical (that's t-a-c-t-i-c-a-l with a whine Mr. Bane

) do not have the strobe...others do. I got the one with two CR123 batteries and no strobe but a nice striker bezel and the small single battery with the strobe (and SOS) but no striker bezel.