Hey welcome to the firearms community! If your just starting out my opinion is your going to want to start out with a 9mm. There pretty cheap for the most part and there also good to train on. I own a kahr k9 myself and she handle's really well. The 1911 is a good gun to get but they'll cost you alot of money the lowest price I've seen on them is $1.300! In the end though it's up to you really your going to have to find out what fits best in your hands and how much you want to spend on your guns. Good luck