epijunkie67
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I just wanted to brag on my wife for a minute. She has always been a fairly liberal Democrat and when we first got together had the typical idea that "guns are bad". At one point she even tried to pull the "I'll never have a gun in my house" card. Of course that didn't fly but at first she wasn't happy with my gun ownership.
Over the years we've talked about firearms, self defense, and firearms ownership. She saw that people can own guns and be responsible. I started working night shift and she spent a lot of time alone at night. Eventually she asked me to help her find a gun for herself for home protection. After trying everything I own she adopted my FN57 because the recoil is nonexistent and the first time she shot it at the range she was able to chew a ragged hole center mass at 10 yards. She keeps that gun in her bedside drawer now (we have no children here).
Despite her acceptance of firearms she remains a Democrat and listens to liberal talk radio. This morning one of the shows host was talking about his belief that guns should be banned. My liberal Democrat wife who once said "no guns in my house" called in and totally defended gun ownership! She made several solid points about why she keeps a firearm and why everyone should retain that right.
The host said if people want to break in to steal your stuff it isn't worth killing someone over. "It's just stuff". My wife said "If someone breaks in here it's not because they want to help me bake cookies! I'm not going to get killed or raped in my own home. I've got 20 bullets in that gun and one of them is going to hit the bastard."
After getting off the phone the show host was talking to his female co-host and she agreed with every point my wide had made. And suddenly Mr Liberal talk show host guy wanted to change the subject and move on.
No real point in writing all this other than to brag on my wife. She has gone all the way from "guns are evil" to calling in to liberal talk shows to defend gun ownership. I'm proud of her for standing up and not staying silent. I think I'm a pretty lucky guy.
Over the years we've talked about firearms, self defense, and firearms ownership. She saw that people can own guns and be responsible. I started working night shift and she spent a lot of time alone at night. Eventually she asked me to help her find a gun for herself for home protection. After trying everything I own she adopted my FN57 because the recoil is nonexistent and the first time she shot it at the range she was able to chew a ragged hole center mass at 10 yards. She keeps that gun in her bedside drawer now (we have no children here).
Despite her acceptance of firearms she remains a Democrat and listens to liberal talk radio. This morning one of the shows host was talking about his belief that guns should be banned. My liberal Democrat wife who once said "no guns in my house" called in and totally defended gun ownership! She made several solid points about why she keeps a firearm and why everyone should retain that right.
The host said if people want to break in to steal your stuff it isn't worth killing someone over. "It's just stuff". My wife said "If someone breaks in here it's not because they want to help me bake cookies! I'm not going to get killed or raped in my own home. I've got 20 bullets in that gun and one of them is going to hit the bastard."
After getting off the phone the show host was talking to his female co-host and she agreed with every point my wide had made. And suddenly Mr Liberal talk show host guy wanted to change the subject and move on.
No real point in writing all this other than to brag on my wife. She has gone all the way from "guns are evil" to calling in to liberal talk shows to defend gun ownership. I'm proud of her for standing up and not staying silent. I think I'm a pretty lucky guy.
