Nope, the firestik is CB only.

You can find good used equipment. Ham radios are typically much better built than CBs.

QRZ has a classified section: http://forums.qrz.com/forumdisplay.p...-Gear-For-Sale

or you can roll the dice on eBay. Yaesu, Kenwood, and Icom seem to the be the winners. I love my Yaesu but might get a Kenwood later down the road.

As discussed around here, the Baofeng UV-5R is a great HT radio. I have one and will be buying a second soon. They are by far not the best radios, but they work well, especially for the price.