Should I keep my mouth shut?

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I'd find out how they ended up with them first. I'll bet the guy in the store they got 'em at saw 'em coming and figured when they came through the door he'd sell them those just so they wouldn't walk out empty handed. Seen it happen before.

I'd mention to them they'd be better suited with almost anything else, and that they were taken if that was what was recommended to them (but if they were obstinate about spending less than $100 for a "gun", well then, they got what they deserved). Some folks don't take it seriously, some shouldn't be carrying due to this.

I'd steer them towards a lightly used J-frame were it me, and offer to help pick it out. My wife has one and loves it, and I help her friends out when they get into firearms purchases for the first time (now that I think of it, kind of odd, several of her friends are buying their first firearms in their early to mid 30's...) and I say "first time" because not one yet has stopped with the one I recommended, it only gets 'em fired up!

Bash Jennings... They shouldn't even be in business to begin with. For all the laws we have about firearms, we need to trash more than half of them and implement a lemon law. I wouldn't trust my life with it, ask 'em if they do and then ask 'em if they'd drive accross the desert in a Yugo in July, should be the same answer.
 
There are some great books for women on the subject of personal defense. Often, the subject of adequate cartidges and/or handguns is part of the book, as are horror stories of inadequate guns and shootings, and ideas for better weaons and tactics. You could review some books, and buy one or two for them to read. Let them come to the common point of view we all have from that data on their own. Well, sort of. You are leading them right to the knowledge you want them to have. :)
 
For me, it's a question of how close you are to them.

Everyone has the right to keep and carry whatever they want to. If it's anyone who I actually care if they live or die, I will discourage them from carrying inferior weapons.

It kind of depends on if they were close enough to me to listen to and care about my opinion. If they were, they probably wouldn't have picked .22s in the first place. If they didn't listen before, it's unlikely that they will listen now if I tell them that the cheap guns they just bought are junk and they need to get different ones. Pick your battles carefully.
 
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