best excuse to buy a new gun

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the wife-to-be tells me that i have been spending too much money on guns and that i am not allowed to buy any more untill we are maried. so this got me thinking, what is the best excuse you have used to buy a new gun?

here is mine:
just today i was talking with my grandmother and she made the comment that there had been a sighting of black bears not too far from my house and i spend a lot of time in the woods. "bears! well my little glock 27 will leave me all but defenceless! dang honey, i really dont want to but now i have to go buy that .44 mag...for my own safety ya know.":evil:
 
"I don't have a revolver, it's un-American for me to go on like this"

I used that earlier this month. Now I need a new one. I want a Sig P238, any ideas?
 
You don't have the ring on, and she's already telling you how to spend your money??

It must be love :)

I'm buying it, if you don't like it, get your own job :p

No, but really, for me it's "Hoooney, if I buy this gun, you can buy that one..." Works every time for me :)
 
My Dearly Beloved has never "got" my interest in guns, but I have always explained it as a hobby, like collecting Civil War Vest Buttons. (Don't laugh. After joking about that for years I discovered there IS such an organization.)

I was able to point out that here in Wisconsin there are people who collect cars, one of whom has more than 100. Check out stamp and coin collectors. Know any who have just one? Me neither.

Then, point out their collective value, and any that are of more than usual value. I have a Python I bought for $350. Today, I could get $750, easy. I stopped hearing so many complaints. As to any fear she may have of danger from guns leaping out of their boxes and shooting someone, well, if you don't have a real safe, get one.

The "I need one for (fill in the blank threat)" never worked. We live in a neighborhood in a town where there has been one murder in 31 years. Many people still don't lock doors or cars. Racoons are a problem, but we aren't allowed to shoot guns in town. Sooo, I bought a Crossman 2100 Classic pellet rifle. I'll kill a coon or ground hog with one shot. Oh, and I "needed" that one . . .. In the past couple years we've had a wolf killed on the freeway, and a thoroughly confused black bear cub was treed in a nearby community. Neither would carry any weight with her for "another" gun.

When I introduced her to others who have safes (plural) full of guns, the complaints really stopped. The husband of one of her friends has at LEAST 200 Winchester rifles. He uses a Rider rental truck to transport them.

The hardest time was just before and after we married. I was recently returned from Vietnam and still in the military. I slept with a Colt Government Model under the pillow. Sometimes loaded, sometimes not. She wasn't happy about that, but her concern subsided after our house was burgled and the investigating officer recommended keeping a gun "handy." Barely a month later there was a drug bust two doors away, complete with cops wearing armor and carrying shields, and a shoot-out in the alley behind our house. Our dogs went nuts and complaints stopped about having "one" gun in the house. (I had three, but she hadn't yet learned about the other two.)

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the wife-to-be tells me that i have been spending too much money on guns and that i am not allowed to buy any more until we are married. so this got me thinking, what is the best excuse you have used to buy a new gun?
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Since you mentioned it I feel the need to say this... What you are telling us is a clear sign of trouble to come if your future wife is telling you what you can and can't do already. I've been married for 32 years and that's due in part to neither of us telling the other what they should do. As long as the bills are pair you should do what ever you want with your money.

Sorry for the side track, to answer your question of what "excuse" to use, tell her because I want that gun, that's why!!
 
Honey, lets be fare about this.
My wedding ring cost about $600, yours was $1,800.
Your plans for furniture purchaces are about $7,000, mine are $0.00.
Your plan to get a new mini-van is about $23,000, my truck is less than $2,000 from being paid off.
Your wedding plans are about $9,000, my wedding plans are less than $1,000.
To be fare, I need to buy about 140 more guns, a nice gun safe or two, and make plans to fly to Montana with some of my friends to go hunting one week every year, for the rest of our lives.
By the way, Jason and I are going to the shooting range this weekend and were going to try out that new Dan Wesson 1911 I ordered. They called today and said it just came in.

I've used this many times, sometimes sucessfully!
 
My best excuse? "This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to buy exactly what I've been wanting." Plus: "I'm sure I wouldn't want to buy anything for a long time if I bought this!"
Reinforced by: "After this we'll be able to spring for that [insert her desired item here] you've been wanting for so long."
Usually works!
 
I don't have one yet.

It's a deal that only comes along once a lifetime.

They are starting to get hard to find.

They are really popular.

No one else wants them so I wanted to give it a home.
 
Well, when other investments aren't doing that great, guns are a decent investment.

But as a marriage counselor, I'd advise you to think about whether you need to renegotiate the terms of the relationship you're setting up. The patterns you create now are the foundation for your future. If the foundation slants one direction or another, the entire building will continue to lean that direction throughout unless it is redirected at some point... at great expense I might add.
 
Honey, lets be fare about this.
My wedding ring cost about $600, yours was $1,800.
Your plans for furniture purchaces are about $7,000, mine are $0.00.
Your plan to get a new mini-van is about $23,000, my truck is less than $2,000 from being paid off.
Your wedding plans are about $9,000, my wedding plans are less than $1,000.
To be fare, I need to buy about 140 more guns, a nice gun safe or two, and make plans to fly to Montana with some of my friends to go hunting one week every year, for the rest of our lives.
By the way, Jason and I are going to the shooting range this weekend and were going to try out that new Dan Wesson 1911 I ordered. They called today and said it just came in.

I've used this many times, sometimes sucessfully!
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love it! not just a one gun excuse but an entire arsenal!

BTW: she isnt really telling me what i can and can not do, but rather expressing to me in a round-about way that she wants me to save up some money for the wedding/honeymoon (she wants to go white water rafting, i would be just as happy staying home). lets just try to keep this fun and not about my future marriage
 
Something old (plenty of old guns out there!)
Something new (likewise!)
Something borrowed (nah)
Something blue (another easy reason!).
 
From a married guy....

At first I tried "reasons", but they dont work.
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To my suprise (At the advise of my brother) "Because I want it" or "Its my hobby" route has been easy for me. I just explain that its something I like, want to do, etc. When you start down the I need it because...... route then your making it up and she'll see right through it.

My vote is: :It's what I do, my hobby.........AND You knew it befor you Married me! :evil:"
 
the wife-to-be tells me that i have been spending too much money on guns and that i am not allowed to buy any more untill we are maried.
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Sorry no wedding No woman going to tell me what I can and can't buy before or after married As long as I make the money and bills are taken care off . I will buy what I please .
Guns are better than a wife anyway. They don't have headaches. Only speak when you want them to , and never nag if you bring home a newer model.

Buy what you want. A good gun is forever, wife's come and go
 
Sorry brother. You have problems. I have been married for 46 years and I would never obey those kinds of orders. If i believe I need a new or additional gun I go and buy it. My wife does not like it but so far she has not walked out the door. If she wants to go, I will open the door and hold it open for her to go out. I can assure you that your wife to be will not change for the better after you are married.
 
You start taking orders now (directly or indirectly), its only gonna get worse once you're married. Get what you can now, and keep the receipts for later use in court.
 
That's why you have kids. So you can buy guns for them.


Sooooooooooo, do you get to tell your wife to be, what she can and cannot buy also......or is it a one way street? Being responsible with money is one thing, but damn, I'm with double A on this one. Gettin' married, is about accepting someone for who they are....trying to change them or nagging them about something they enjoy generally leads to failure.

You can always tell her the guns are really for her. Unlike my wife, maybe she'll believe it.
 
the wife-to-be tells me that i have been spending too much money on guns and that i am not allowed to buy any more untill we are maried.
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Seems to me she has lost touch with reality. Gently remind her that you wear the pants, that she speaks only when spoken to, and that her opinion really doesn't matter. Also, let her know you can find two more just like her and reinforce that she is around merely to cook, clean, and have children.

Once you establish your place in the pecking order, you don't need an excuse to buy a gun. :)
 
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