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Every person must decide for themselves what is right for them. Not everyone has the desire to carry. If a person doesn't want to, then trying to force them will do nothing more than push them farther away, similar to the poor range officer incident.

All you can do is look for those opportunities when you can drop little seeds to her and try to slowly bring her interest around. And be ready for the fact that she may never come around. My wife is one of those who likes the fact that I carry and am an instructor, but doesn't want to carry herself. I seriously doubt she ever will.

Bottom line, be sensitive to her wishes, drop the hints when you talk about bad incidents that happen where the person could have defended themselves with a firearm, and you may possibly get her to come around.