jbrown50 wrote:
LOL!
I'm gonna call my insurance company right now and drop my auto insurance. What's the use having liability insurance if the chances of me being liable in an accident are even less that .04%?
Is being hen pecked more important to you that being prepared to respond to a life threatening event that would undoubtedly include the life of your wife too?
My wife and I have been married for going on 19 years now. She's still anti-gun, just not as much as she used to be. She'll still complain about my guns ever so often, that is, until she sees a news report about how some thugs just robbed and shot an innocent person. I'm her protector and I don't expect a big reward or a pat on the back for that, but I do take my responsibility for her welfare very seriously........even above my own.
Humm, are you trying to be insulting?
Well I am certainly not "hen pecked" but its a wise man that realizes his wife is half of the "team" of being married. My gun is on my hip right now but if my wife didnt think that was a good idea, its very likely it probably isnt. Or that she needs to be educated more as other people have said. She is a pretty smart woman, if she wasnt I wouldnt have married her.
But honestly, actually using a CCW firearm is EXTREMLY rare. Thats simply a fact. Mindset is everything for staying out of trouble, and I feel almost as well armed with a large folder than I do with a gun. A knife + what little training I have aquired this last month or so is a DEADLY weapon in contact distances, which happens to be where the majority of crime occurs.
I am not advocating going out on the town unarmed, but a gun isnt the ONLY weapon a man has available to him.
Being you wifes protector is a great thing Jbrown, I would just suggest that a gun is not the only way you can do that.
And no wife wants to hear "I will protect you no matter what, and screw what you think about it."
50% of marriages end in divorce. I would assume " who cares what you think" attitudes from the husband end of it... contribute to that statistic, and divorce.... is pricey. Life altering pricey.
The odds of being the 'involved' in violent crime is somewhere near 5% for your entire LIFETIME. Being "involved" and being in a situation where you are in immenent threat to your life and need to draw a weapon are two different things.
I think the chance of dying in a car crash is somewhere near 2%.
Its bad form to go accusing people you never met of being "hen pecked" on the internet.
I am the guy with the pro-gun wife, and who is confident enough in my ability to protect myself AND her with or without a gun.
You are the one with the anti-gun wife, suggesting the OP not care what she thinks.
Guns are a huge part of my life, a great hobby, sport etc. I cant imagine living with a anti-gun woman. I would make priority number 1, taking the Anti-gun women shooting, to an Appleseed etc, and show them how much FUN guns can be. It will make LIFE better in general, and the problem would dissapear.
Another poster suggested that marriage should be 50/50.
Thats part of the problem, marriage should be 100/100. Constantly trying to even out "you get this and I get that" or "you do this then I will do that "is a recipe for frustration and resentment. Both the husband and the wife should be 100% devoted to the other reaching 100% of his or her life goals. Not trying to complete a balancing act of priveledges and responsibilities and ending up with failed expectations and dissapointment. Because nobody can really hit that 50/50 dead on the bullseye.
/steps down off of soap box.
