It ' s doable but how is she getting to the gun ? Where is it stored ? In her purse ? On her belt ? In her car ? Is she going to be comfortable actually shooting someone ? Even if you feel threatened it ' s different than shooting a target in a range . If she does hesitate will her assailant be able to reach the weapon and turn it on her ? When I say situational training these are the kind of things I ' m taking about . It ' s very easy to say that you have a gun for protection but it ' s a completely different thing to have the presence of mind to actually be able to use it effectively in the highly unlikely chance you ' ll need it . And if you can ' t then you opened yourself up to danger . And that ' s just talking about situations where the assailant doesn ' t have his or her own gun , which would make the situation even more complicated .