So I am looking at a home defense gun for my wife. This would be a gun that sits in a safe next to my bed with me and would be a gun that she would use if I went to leave to check out a noise or a gun that she could use if I wasn't home. Now normally I would love for her to look at gun, try them out, etc. BUT she hates guns. She doesn't want to look at them. She won't practice. She won't do anything. She would NEVER go into a gun store. I have tried to explain training and such over and over again but she won't listen. She isn't dumb, she has a Master's degree, she understands that she should do this but she just won't go near a gun; so its never happening. But if her life depended on it, she wouldn't have a choice so I want get a gun that will go bang in an emergency if she needed to get it. I have a glock 26 in my safe and there is no way she could use it. She has no training and there isn't a round in the chamber. So I know its basically a rock if she were to need it.
So having said all of that, I am thinking of a SW 642. Its light, it will go bang when you pull the trigger, and anyone can use it without training...not suggesting that's a good idea but everyone can pull a trigger. Now I can train her what to do, where to go, have a plan, etc. She just would never practice with the gun itself. Thoughts?
*yes I understand she should have training but its not happening in this case...
So having said all of that, I am thinking of a SW 642. Its light, it will go bang when you pull the trigger, and anyone can use it without training...not suggesting that's a good idea but everyone can pull a trigger. Now I can train her what to do, where to go, have a plan, etc. She just would never practice with the gun itself. Thoughts?
*yes I understand she should have training but its not happening in this case...