Why My Wife and
Daughters Learned How to Shoot
The link to a CNN story above goes into detail about the
grim realities women and girls face in the aftermath of a disaster. This hit me
in the stomach. I love my wife more than life itself, she brought two wonderful
little redheads into my life that I simply adore. To think of them having to go
through anything like this is beyond my ability.
Before I left we had some conversations about shooting.
She’s not opposed to it, but I simply didn’t make the time. This article has
put a sense of urgency in those plans. Here’s my plan to get her up to speed on
running my guns.
Prior to coaching women I never really thought about how
differently women view the world. Their situational awareness is usually higher
than men’s. As men we don’t leave the every building at night with a
plan/counter attack strategies in mind. Most women do. Safely and effectively
arming your significant other is just the next step in the mindset most women
have.
I remember reading an article that spoke about firearms as
the equalizer for women. A large male perpetrator has no fear of a woman until
he knows she is armed. Your security plan for you home has to go further than
just buying a weapon and teaching your wife how to use it. You must have
quality doors, locks, situational awareness, know your neighbors and cameras
have gotten so cheap that as a force multiplier they are hard to beat.
Finally, as city, county and state budgets continue to
shrink response times are going to get longer and longer. The ability to
protect your own family and aid your neighbors is going to become more and more
important as our currency continues to weaken. Be frank and talk about whether
it’s better to live knowing you killed a potential rapist or live with the
screams of your assault or your children’s assault that you were powerless to
stop. Those are ultimately the two extremes we may face.
1.
Have her read the article about Haiti above.
2.
Talk about what kind of emergencies and/or
natural disasters could lead to something like this where we live.
3.
Talk about our plan for natural
disasters/emergencies and contingents therein
a.
What if one of us can’t get home?
b.
What if we can’t get calls through?
c.
Where would we meet?
d.
What alternative means of communications do we
have?
4.
Talk about home defense versus being stranded in
an emergency.
5.
Shoot a lot, and possibly with an instructor
instead of me. Find out what guns she feels most comfortable with and design a
plan around that platform.
6.
Make sure she’s familiar enough with basic
firearms procedure that she can run any gun she finds.
Some great videos: http://www.ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com/2009/10/26/ignatius-piazza-the-great-equalizer/
Great list of reasons to own a gun: http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig10/gillespie1.1.1.html
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