That's all fine and good for you. Me too, apparently, as my EDC is a Glock 19. However, you are asking us for what you think your wife would like to carry, not what you think she should be packing. I assume you have discussed your concerns with her. Then LISTEN to what she has to say and why. It is to be her means of protection, and she has to be comfortable shooting/carrying said iron.atxtj wrote:... My idea is a compact 9mm, striker fired with no external safeties to trip her up with, single stack, probably polymer framed.
On a side note, my missus has been mentioning getting her CHL, and is less
when she realizes that I am carrying. While I support her whole heartedly in this endeavor, she really has taken a shine to the early twenties era S&W .38 M&P in the safe. I'm pretty sure the grips alone are worth more that the gun, so's I'm thinking about hiding this one and getting a later model 10, unless I can talk her into packing the 637 or the 642. It is certainly hard knowing what is good for everyone else. Particularly when they don't listen. 
Ah, the burden of being a man...