I don't yet have any handguns. That may soon change.
We were at the range on Sunday evening, sighting in a new scope I bought for my Marlin 60 .22lr, and patterning some new chokes in her 20ga semi-auto, when a guy walked in with a few guns and his first-time-shooting daughter, Kristen...about my wife's age. Kristen was nervous about shooting her dad's guns, one being a .44mag revolver, and the other a pistol-grip home-defense 12ga. The dad offered to let us fire off a couple rounds. My wife told Kristen, "If I fire them, you'll have to fire them, too." She agreed. Audrey's never shot a handgun, other than a .22lr...so I told her to hold on REAL TIGHT. Audrey picked up the .44, cocked the hammer, held on tight and squeezed the trigger. I don't think I'd seen her that excited in quite a while. She loved it, and wants to buy one now.