I don't watch much TV but sometimes my wife can convince me to watch a movie with her. We watched Cold Creek Manor today (family being stalked by the whack job who used to own their new home). At one point the wife (in the movie) goes to NYC then comes back to their home. My wife piped up about hoping she had brought her good friend "Beretta" back with her.
The wife's (real one) a pretty good shot with hers.
My dear saintly retired schoolteacher mother has her friend a 2 inch model 642 Smith and Wesson 38 airweight snubby. She calls it her "longtime companion."
I also gave her a fully serrated Spyderco Endura Clipit. She carries it in case she has to "cut some bad guy's privates off," as she puts it.
Mom was raised on a farm with bigger brothers, as I am sure you can imagine.