If your wife is uncomfortable around firearms, resolve the issue.
She should be not only comfortable, but content operating any firearm placed in her hands. She needs to feel fine cleaning parts on the coffee table while having a pleasant conversation and watching television.
If that's not the case, the weapon will be useless in their hands during a stressful encounter.
Now, everyone says they will be sure to train their wife appropriately, but it never fucking happens. The results are not ideal.
Once it's done, the chance to train them properly without ill effects is very often lost.
Cheers,
Kennith
I agree, completely. I'm not the kind that puts a revolver in the drawer and a shotgun in the closet and assumes everything will happen like the movies.
That's why I got her the Glock 17C. She did not like the shooting the 27, so I figured I'd get something easier to handle (thus making her more comfortable and more likely to practice). It has more to hold on to and no muzzle flip. I let her break it down, re-assemble and chamber it, she knows how it functions. She has gotten much better. She went from freaked out that the 27 was going to come out of her hands and hit her in the face, to running through a mag hitting a milk jug every shot. Now when we go see her parents in the country, she asks me if I want to go shooting while we are there.
All that said, when I introduce a new gun she is un-familiar and nervous. That's why I think a small 20 ga would be good. Not to heavy, easier to move through the house in a defense situation, and a 20 still does the job. If the shit hits the fan, she knows to grab her gun, go into the master closet (where the additional mags are, and call the police). If I happen to get killed and the situation makes its way to the closet door, a 20 ga would be better for her than the Glock. I know (and she knows) that training and being comfortable with the weapon are key. But the easier I can make it for her, the better chance I have of her shooting and getting comfortable and secure in her use of weapons.
