Daniel Sawvel
dman
After over a year having my gun (which my wife was not too thrilled on having), My wife has asked to get a gun. A little contextual history, my wife and I live in southeast Arizona, just 18 miles from the Mexican border; the same part of the border with daily cartel activities. This spike in activity and our current administration refusal to secure our borders promoted my desire to ensure I had, at a minimum, protection for me and my family. Shortly after I purchased my SW99, I got a CCW and several close quarter training classes. most of which my wife thought was me being gun-ho about carrying my gun, and she was very apprehensive on having a loaded gun around a teenager and two little girls (4 years and 15 months). Her opinion really didn't change much until I went on a short TDY and the bump in the night started to get to her. We have two dogs (a Great Dane and Rat Terrier), which their guard dog capabilities are that of a skittish cat, which did not help ease my wife's nerves while I was away. Now I don't know if the bumps she heard were legitimate or if her imagination was running rampant; however, when she went shopping one day with my two little girls, she was being followed by two mid 30's guys and she felt incredibly helpless. Those two incidents gave her the desire to have some real protection.
Now she's shot my .40 cal (SW99), but she felt uncomfortable with having to rack the slide. I have two "Safety" bullets (one in the chamber, one in the mag) when it's in the lock box (Her request, not mine), which I have to cycle twice in order to get to a live round. So naturally, my wife would not be able to effectively run to our bedroom, open the lockbox, cycle two rounds and cleanly shoot an intruder. Oh, and she has to do this while grabbing our two girls and avoid tripping over the dogs. she wanted something that she could grab and point and shoot.
so, that eliminated semi-auto's, shotguns and rifles where also out, which left the revolvers. Thankfully she has shot a .38 before (My Dads) and was pretty good at it, so I decided to take her to go shopping for a gun. immediately, she wanted the nice silver gun with the pearl handle (which happen to be the cheaper of the revolvers). We started the paperwork, taking less than 30 mins from filling the 4473, the NICS, and the debit card. my wife walk out with a nice .38 and a pink carrying case.
Now, i have to take her to the range and order her some PDX1 rounds.
Now she's shot my .40 cal (SW99), but she felt uncomfortable with having to rack the slide. I have two "Safety" bullets (one in the chamber, one in the mag) when it's in the lock box (Her request, not mine), which I have to cycle twice in order to get to a live round. So naturally, my wife would not be able to effectively run to our bedroom, open the lockbox, cycle two rounds and cleanly shoot an intruder. Oh, and she has to do this while grabbing our two girls and avoid tripping over the dogs. she wanted something that she could grab and point and shoot.
so, that eliminated semi-auto's, shotguns and rifles where also out, which left the revolvers. Thankfully she has shot a .38 before (My Dads) and was pretty good at it, so I decided to take her to go shopping for a gun. immediately, she wanted the nice silver gun with the pearl handle (which happen to be the cheaper of the revolvers). We started the paperwork, taking less than 30 mins from filling the 4473, the NICS, and the debit card. my wife walk out with a nice .38 and a pink carrying case.
Now, i have to take her to the range and order her some PDX1 rounds.
