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Left: the .25 ACP Jetfire. Center: the .22 Short Minx. Right: A 950 EL, Beretta’s deluxe version.

When my first child was 8, she had been shooting a .22 rifle for two years and was ready for handguns. I started her with a Beretta 950. She was able to operate the controls, even though she needed her off hand to help sometimes with the safety catch. She quickly progressed to bigger guns, but not before she had acquired an S&S courtesy of famed gunsmith John Lawson. John likes kids, and the “S&S” stands for “Sugar and Spice.” It was a 950 EL, the deluxe model with gold inlay. John eased up the trigger and made the safety a little lighter to operate since he knew she wouldn’t be carrying the gun in a pocket. He even had the barrel ported, which was really cute. Ted Blocker made up one of his ISI competition rigs for it, right down to an itty-bitty double magazine pouch. He said it was the smallest dress gunbelt set he had ever made. Still, it was with this gun and rig that she learned quick draw. Eleven years later, using another Ted Blocker holster and a bigger Beretta, she would win High Woman honors at the National Tactical Invitational at Gunsite Ranch.