Hark! What's this?! An update?!
I'm back down in FL (flew back down the week before Thanksgiving, flying back up in early Jan), haven't mentioned guns the whole time since I figured it was all a lost cause. Seems I might've been wrong....
Mama Raptor's friend & her husband came over to drop off Christmas gifts this morning, and while I wasn't party to the whole conversation (they were out in the front yard while I was inside working) and don't know what prompted this, but the husband let Mama Raptor handle his (unloaded) Mossberg MC1sc. I ran outside when Mama Raptor walked up to the window I was in and showed the the pistol, and based on the subsequent conversation, Mama Raptor's back on board. She doesn't like guns, but she doesn't want to get raped or murdered either. Papa Raptor still doesn't like it, but he either gets the reality of the situation or else has resigned himself to the fact that she's going to do it regardless of what he wants (just like cable and our two dogs). The friends are going to call the instructor they like and get Mama Raptor in touch with him. So it's probably going to happen. I don't have a timeline, but it's probably going to happen.
Given Mama Raptor's reaction to the MC1 (fit her hand perfectly), I'm predicting she's going to want a small handgun. I'm going to try to steer her towards something like a GLock 43X/48 or a SIG P365XL. Thin enough for her small hands, still tall & long enough to be easy to shoot & manipulate and not have overly snappy recoil.
