I definitely have shot guns-but I also have a Marlin Camp 9 with the Choate folding stock and a 30 MM red dot, plus a couple of bags of mags-some 30 rounders, that also fit my Model 59 S&W along with beau coup rounds. Pistol caliber carbines are easy for anyone to use. A 357 lever gun with a red dot is good too-woman-kid-older person-whatever.