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Some of you have met my wife and she is a total fashionista. For a long time she worked for a designer and her wardrobe mimics that type of lifestyle. Very well put together, but there is no way a holster and gun will fit into that kind of wardrobe. Plus she is dead set against it. While she's receptive to the idea of having a gun with her, it has to be in her purse or she'll never wear it. Took me a while just to warm her up to mace in her purse. Now a gun is finally starting to creep in there. So it's purse carry or nothing. My wife is very protective of her purse and it never just sits around. Then again it's a designer purse so it probably cost as much as one of my guns. I don't ask as I don't want her asking about my safe either.
You should also pay attention to the purse carry aspect. Easily attainable to others.
You should also pay attention to the purse carry aspect. Easily attainable to others.
You mean easy to lose control of the firearm.
95% of the time my wife is in jeans and a tucked-in stretchy shirt. She has tried every conceivable method of carry, including some gimmicky stuff. She carries on her ankle because everything else either prints (in her opinion) or is uncomfortable. She even worked on a few original holster designs for women, thinking of starting a company with her sister, but that hasn't gotten off the ground yet. She will not adapt her wardrobe to accommodate CCW. So be it.
Anyway she owns a 380 Bodyguard and a G43. Carries the Bodyguard, to my great chagrin.
My wife has a Ruger LCR 38 sp.
Even with the Hogue grip cushioning the recoil, it's a little much for her.
I think a 380 S&W Bodyguard would be more right for her.