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<blockquote data-quote="Bed Wetter" data-source="post: 288175" data-attributes="member: 428"><p>1) 9mm is perfectly suitable. It’s not just “good enough”, it’s preferable. Anyone who tells you that you need more than 9mm ought to be ignored entirely. Dismiss anything else they say to you. </p><p>2) Buy a gun that you and your wife don’t hate to shoot. (See above comment about 9mm.) if you hate shooting it, you won’t. And if you won’t practice with it, or you’re afraid of it, then what’s the point?</p><p>3) If it’s a gun you plan to carry on your body, buy something that makes that compromise between being enjoyable to shoot but also ok to carry. If it’s too uncomfortable to carry, you won’t carry it. If you don’t have the gun when you need it, then what’s the point?</p><p></p><p>XDs in 9mm isn’t a terrible choice. I’d look for something with a few more rounds in the magazine. (It doesn’t matter what the caliber is if you don’t have bullets when you need them. A 9mm gives you greater capacity than .40 or .45, so use the advantage of the smaller cartridge to increase capacity.)</p><p></p><p>I’m not familiar with any of the outfits that offer training. Wish I could be of more service on that question.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: silver"><span style="font-size: 9px">- - - Updated - - -</span></span></p><p></p><p>I’ll add this: there are businesses out there that specialize in introductory gun handling for ladies, taught by ladies. It can be very helpful for a woman to talk through using a firearm with another woman. There are a lot of little nuances that guys struggle to recognize and we tend to educate our wives/girlfriends about firearms as though we’re trying to coax a calf to go into the chute. That’s not the way to educate your wife.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bed Wetter, post: 288175, member: 428"] 1) 9mm is perfectly suitable. It’s not just “good enough”, it’s preferable. Anyone who tells you that you need more than 9mm ought to be ignored entirely. Dismiss anything else they say to you. 2) Buy a gun that you and your wife don’t hate to shoot. (See above comment about 9mm.) if you hate shooting it, you won’t. And if you won’t practice with it, or you’re afraid of it, then what’s the point? 3) If it’s a gun you plan to carry on your body, buy something that makes that compromise between being enjoyable to shoot but also ok to carry. If it’s too uncomfortable to carry, you won’t carry it. If you don’t have the gun when you need it, then what’s the point? XDs in 9mm isn’t a terrible choice. I’d look for something with a few more rounds in the magazine. (It doesn’t matter what the caliber is if you don’t have bullets when you need them. A 9mm gives you greater capacity than .40 or .45, so use the advantage of the smaller cartridge to increase capacity.) I’m not familiar with any of the outfits that offer training. Wish I could be of more service on that question. [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] I’ll add this: there are businesses out there that specialize in introductory gun handling for ladies, taught by ladies. It can be very helpful for a woman to talk through using a firearm with another woman. There are a lot of little nuances that guys struggle to recognize and we tend to educate our wives/girlfriends about firearms as though we’re trying to coax a calf to go into the chute. That’s not the way to educate your wife. [/QUOTE]
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