Hi @Valerie, welcome to the community! I think you might find some helpful ideas in these threads - if you don’t see what you’re interested in, or if the answers bring up other questions, by all means jump in on any of them or on this thread and ask what you want to know! There’s a ton of knowledgeable people on here.
If you’re looking for some posts by us gals, take a look at posts by @Kelly@Dawn@Nancy who are pretty active here and have a lot of experience. @Linda1111 you might find some interesting things here too
some ideas on approach to choosing a firearm here:
some ideas on training with women’s shooting groups here:
some info on how women approach learning to shoot and carry here:
some info on women in the boy’s club… a thing that’s really not a problem in this forum (YAY!) here:
if you’re interested in getting a .22 for training purposes, here are some ideas:
