My roommate has a JA 9 mm and it's a pile of crap. He cant get off more than 3-4 rounds without a jam, sometimes not even that much. I would not recomend one, especially since you can find good deals on used guns for not a whole lot more than one of these new. I know nothing about the kel tecs, although my brother was looking into buying one at one time, he ended up buying a ruger lcr in 38 just like I did. I would recomend taking a look at the rugers, either the lcr or lcp. I think the lcp is right about 300 new and I got my lcr about a year ago for around 400 I believe. Should be able to pick up a used one of either of them pretty cheap.