Hi Kuovonne,

From one small woman to another, I applaud your sense of self. You know how to safely handle and correctly shoot a gun, so no one should fault you for making a conscious decision to stop there. I think it's great to be comfortable with yourself and your abilities.

My DH knows how to shoot, but he doesn't want to own anything other than his rifle, which we don't even keep in our home. I'm still learning the basics (very slowly), so I haven't the right to seriously consider gun ownership yet. When this changes, we might come up with our own plan of action for home defense in regards to the gun(s). There is a chance that we may never carry, and I can accept that.

The decision not to carry a gun is at least somewhat helpful for you to come up with other (perhaps better) ways of defending yourself to the maximum of your other abilities.