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Originally Posted by Ziggy2525
Didn't the OP do exactly what your linked article recommend? The friend of the OP's wife had been to a gun store where they tried to force her to a particular type pistol. The OP let his wife's friend try different pistols. He let her pick the one she wanted to work with. He let her be in control of the decision.
ETA - Quote from the article... "The women of America know what they want. After a lifetime of getting ripped off by men in male oriented things like estimates on automobile repairs, they've learned to check things out on their own and not take a man's word for what women need." -- Telling them they need a .38 Special is no different than telling them they need a .22.
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By teaching her "proper stance, sight picture, trigger control" and achieving accuracy at 15 yards as being important considerations, he essentially guided her into selecting a weapon that seemed to be the best choice because of the parameters he set forth. I imagine he also recommended the need for relatively frequent range visits. Being untrained and uneducated, she has no foundation on which to base an informed decision by herself and is not likely going to consider or even understand the proper context of how the gun will likely actually be used in a self-defense scenario. She simply picked the best gun for range shooting.