page_title: Pocket pistol
section_title: Semi-automatic pistols
hierarchical_section_title: Pocket pistol / Models / Semi-automatic pistols
caption_attribution_description: English: Two variants of the Colt Auto pistols, Cal. .25, Hammerless. Русский: Два варианта 6,35-мм карманных пистолетов Кольта.
context_page_description: In American English, a pocket pistol is any small, pocket-sized semi-automatic pistol, suitable for concealed carry in either a coat, jacket or trouser pocket.
  Pocket pistols were popular in the United States until the 1950s and 1960s, when most states passed laws limiting or prohibiting the carry of concealed weapons. However, the passage of "shall issue" firearms license laws in the mid-1990s, resulted in a resurgence in the popularity of pocket pistol in the United States, creating new markets for small, simple, reliable, concealed carry firearms.
  In general use, the term pocket pistol is purely descriptive, but "mouse gun" is often a pejorative. Likewise, pocket pistols, due to their small size, often are lumped in with Saturday night specials, another pejorative term, which are typically inexpensive small caliber handguns.
context_section_description: AMT Backup
  Beretta 21 Bobcat
  Beretta 950
  Beretta 3032 Tomcat
  Bersa Thunder 380
  Bryco Arms
  Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammer
  Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless
  Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket
  Diamondback DB9
  FN Model 1903
  FN Model 1905
  FN Model 1910
  FN Baby Browning
  Heckler & Koch P7
  Kahr P380, P9, P40, P45
  Kahr K9
  Kahr CW380
  Kahr CW9
  Kahr MK9
  Kahr PM9, PM40, PM45
  Kel-Tec PF-9
  Kel-Tec P-11
  Kel-Tec P-32
  Kel-Tec P-3AT
  Kevin ZP98
  Kimber Solo
  Korovin pistol
  Glock 26, 27, 36, and variants
  Makarov pistol
  North American Arms Guardian
  Ortgies semi-automatic pistol
  PSM
  Raven Arms MP-25
  Ruger LCP
  Ruger LC9
  Rohrbaugh R9
  Seecamp LWS32/LWS38 .
  SIG Sauer P238
  SIG Sauer P290
  SIG Sauer P365
  M&P Bodyguard 380
  Springfield Armory XD-S
  Taurus TCP
  Walther PP
  Walther TPH
caption: Two variants of the Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket.
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