I went through a little “exercise” with my wife. I had a simulation where a home invader threw a brick through our sliding glass door and then came in and had her run around the house looking for the cordless phone.
Once she found it, I had her simulate calling 911, getting put on hold IMMEDIATELY while running for a closet or room...when I “allowed” her call to be answered, I then explained that the Sheriff’s Deputy was on the other side of town and now had to get to our house.
We waited a few minutes and then I told her the Deputy was sitting outside, waiting for backup or trying to figure a way in since the security door was locked.
The whole scenario only took quite a few minutes, about 10 in total, but in the meantime, I had “shot” her dozens of times.
She was NOT happy, but it drove the point home, it erased the misconception that help will arrive “instantly”.
I told her that I didn’t care if the house was robbed, but that if someone came in while we were home, it was not good. Nothing good was going to come of that and that it was intentional.
She is now the owner of her own .38, and I have some others, but she has yet to go to the range or get trained in a class for women.
So there has been progress...
P4L