The mother of an 18-year-old son, she keeps a Springfield semiautomatic in her purse and a Beretta pistol at home or in her glove box.
"I think it's more important for women with small children to own a gun because you can't run when you have children,'' she says.
Two years ago, one in 10 of Shoot Straight's students was a woman. Now, ladies make up about 40 per cent of its gun classes, says Larry Anderson, manager of the Shoot Straight in Apopka.
