Send your kid to college in a state that has shall-issue CCW permits and closes down for the first day of hunting season; that way you know they have the right values. Then go with the aforementioned kid to buy a little handgun. And for his/her birthday, do what I did and pay for range time and ammo.
My daughter loves her little LCP. And with good reason: she has needed it.
Sage advice in a dangerous world.
I went to college in the middle of a very dangerous city. Looking back, I would not have taken the chances I did. To be young and naieve.......