Ain't life great .... we all get to have an opinion and it can be true in general or only for us, but either way as long as it works for us, it's all good.

I personally cannot see keeping a loaded shotgun for my wife, on her side of the bed, and expect her to be able to use it effectively in the middle of the night , in the dark..... but I do know she could grab a Taurus Judge quickly with one hand and come up shooting. I have seen her working with various handguns and the girl has got it going on. In fact she is a hell of a shot. I can put any handgun I own in her hands, and she is deadly with it. But I also know if I put a shotgun in her hands and she tried to manuver it to shoot from a dead sleep, if she ever did get to it and get it around, that she might wind up back in that DEAD sleep.

She likes handguns and feels confident with them, so what works for her might not work for you , and what works for you might not work for her... but thats why it is called an opinion. And I don't feel that we need to call names or ridicule others because they do not subscribe to our line of thought.....

Show me someone, who is supposedly a knowledgable professional, who believes as you do , ..... and I'll show you some people who agree with me. Just use what works for you, give people your opinions when someone asks for them, and then let them decide what works best for them, ....... and stay safe. Cause it doesn't matter what you kill the perp with , as long as you kill him.... Dead is dead.