re: Pistol for wife

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If she is too gun shy and nervous to operate a semi automatic imo she needs more training around guns anyway. The nice thing about a semi is you can leave a magazine loaded and next to a semi, easily train to load the magazine and load a round into the chamber. It’s not as simple as a revolver but safer around kids imo. Or leave the loaded magazine in. I get a revolver is KISS, but it’s just too dangerous for my liking loaded around kids.

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My firearms that are for self defense are loaded. Last thing I want to have to do is load a pistol or rifle when I feel threatened. I don't care how much training you get it can still go bad.

Shooting competitions has shown me this. You can have a Grand Master go to load his $3,000 race pistol and not seat the mag all the way and a round isn't loaded into the chamber. That pistol in your night stand could have the mag not properly seated and you won't know that until you go to load it.