Years ago and i mean years, wife is now 54, i took her out riding one sunday after church and got my .22 out from behind the seat to shoot some cans at the river. She asked to hold the rifle and busted cans regularly. told me her older brothers taught her to hunt and shoot. Also most females hold the rifle weird, kinda cock their hip and hold the weapon funny, but my wife doesn't . if you will look at some of my posts from bout a year and a half ago i have been mentoring the young guys. one has 2 ARs , m1carbine, beretta, and a walther p22. Another kid asked me after church if he could borrow my 12 gauge to shoot some clays. He took a couple of the youth to his grandma's back forty and they shot some. While growing up around guns i noticed a lot of men would carry their kid or wife to the range the first time, give them a .357, .44mag, or a 12 ga. (their hardest kicking, most violent weapon) with no ear plugs and no instructions. the new to guns family member would touch off a few, bust their eardrums, be afraid of recoil and blast and QUIT firearms forever.