My wife absolutely hates being home by herself (well, without me anyways, we have an 8yr. old son). I usually get sent to michigan about once every other year for training for my job, but this year they are sending me 3times and she has finally decided she wants to have a firearm around for protection. My question is, what is a good, reasonable quality fire arm that will do the job? I've shot 22 rifles back in my boyscout days, but other than that, I've never really gotten into guns. She has shot higher powered rifles in her past, but again, she doesn't have much experience either. I told her, if we do this, we're taking a safety course when we get it. We bought our son a bb gun for his 8th birthday as he seems to be really interested in guns, so I figured rather than try and keep him away from them and have him defy us and find ways to go shooting anyways and possible hurt himself or others, we were better off starting him out with one of those and teaching him how to be safe and take care of a gun. Anyways, my wife has really taken a liking to target shooting with him and she is actually a pretty good shot, so theres a possibility that what ever we get, she might want to take it to the range once in awhile. My brother was really into handguns back before he got married and bought a house and had to sell all his off, so we might get into shooting with him. I believe she has been looking at a Ruger LCP in pink ( I know, I know, but shes the one that really wants it
) Not sure if thats the exact model, but I do know its a Ruger. That was a bit long winded I guess, hope you guys can lead me in the right direction though. Thanks.