I had the good fortune of getting my ec9s for free ... sort of. I had problems up the kazoo with an LCP. I sent it back to Ruger and they said it wasn't repairable - so I asked them to substitute an ec9 and they did. I looked around and found a Crimson Trace laser for it on sale, and haven't looked back. I actually kinda like the mag safety on it and it has been 100% reliable, although I don't have that many rounds thru it.