It's about more than pink bullets. In this thread some of our progressive, enlightened posters say a shotgun is best for home defence, so we can go ahead and ban handguns[How very British of you to allow shotguns!]But many woman simply can't handle the recoil of a shotgun. It hurts so they never use it, never get comfortable with it.
Case in point, my friends wife wanted a HD gun. Tiny thing, she would no more fire a shotgun then I would a 5 lb .50 BMG. So he bought her a .32 ACP. Now to the JT6P's out there, a semi auto pistol is a vile instrument of death with no redeeming value. But it makes her feel[and keeps her] protected.