Especially not for old arthritic grannys. I had an older lady I used to work with come to be AFTER she bought herself a Glock 26 for home defense. She wanted me to show her how to use it/shoot it, etc. She couldn't even rack the slide. I was like who sold this to you and did you even ask about it? Crazy, it's useless if you can't use it.Get a youth 410 Shot Gun with slugs and call it a day. Pistols are not the best home defense weapons