changing her mind

[MuzzleBlast]

By the time the smoke stops flowing from her ears, she will be demanding that you take her to the range at once.

Dude, that is evil genius!

 

[Pilot]

One of my first dates with my wife was to a gun store to pick up a Ruger MK II I had ordered. Yes, we went out to dinner after that so the gun store wasn't the final destination, but she knew that I was into the shooting sports right from the get go. She came from a family who hunted, etc. so it wasn't a stretch. 15 years later and she's taken two handgun courses with me and has her own S&W .38. No complaints here.

 

[Sewerman]

I cant imagine even dating some one who is anti gun. I grew up in the rural south. I have never even personaly known anyone who is anti gun. There is a story told around here about some hooligan from up north passing thru and attempting to rob the local gas station. the attendant ran him out the door with his pistol right into the waiting arms of 5 or 6 locals who had seen him go in with a gun and were waiting on him in the parking lot guns drawn. As he surrendered he reportedly said "Jeez does everyone have a gun down here?"

 

[mitchshrader]

recently married..

and shortly afterwards bought a m19 6" barrel..

the wife was Quite chilly about it.

and in the following discussion i got ' but what about ME' ..

and 'i want a shorter barrel'

and 'women need protection TOO'

and 'it's only FAIR'..

so i surrendered.

 

[iiibdsiil]

I'm a little bit of an extremist when it comes to it. I have a very very small consceince when it comes to the scum of the Earth that decides they want to come into your house and take what you own, or take what you own from wherever it might be. My woman seeing that doesn't help our situation with her being not super pro-gun. But, I'm definitely working on her. After the Hurricane Katrina ordeal, she wanted me to take her shooting. Guess it takes a real life situation to realize the cops aren't around for you all the time. We have been in fights where you could boil water off our foreheads from the tension and screaming about it. She doesn't find it humorous when I tell her things like "Well, when someone breaks into your house to rape you, you tell him to wait 3-7 minutes for the average response time from the cops. Let's leave out the fact that the cop has to still get into your house, and stop the situation before you get raped or killed." I am very common sense about it, and she is slowly coming around. She laughed when I told her what I was gonna tell her roommate that called me a redneck for having a gun. The response to her roommate was gonna be "Well, if someone comes in the house tonight, I will be sure to point my gun at him, tell him I refuse to be a victim, but there is a lovely young lady up there that has no means of protecting herself. So just leave me alone, and you can go up there." But, I didn't think that would help the tension with her roommate already not liking me.

My woman finally said that when she turns 21 she will consider getting her own firearm, to which my response was "that's great, just tell the burglars/rapists/murders to wait until you're 21." Dumb move on my part, but whatever.

I was honestly going like this :banghead: after this last hurricane. She wanted me to come over, and I informed her I would be bringing my gun. She told me "Well, since you ahve to bring that thing with you everywhere." The whole reason she wanted to go shooting was because of hurricane Katrina. Apparently she doesn't think the area she lives in in Tampa has the type of people that would loot, rob, and rape. :banghead:

 

[Byron Quick]

Today, gun ownership and carry is probably an area that I would explore prior to dating someone.

If she didn't own a gun, shoot a gun, and carry a gun...I'd try to get those problems corrected before I asked her out.

I don't care to associate with people who are not responsible for their own defense. One of my idiosyncracies.

Glad to hear of the good fortunes so many of you have had.

I'm not willing to take the chance. I've had women on dates, who did not know I was armed, say things such as,"I'll never allow a gun into my house." Upon being invited into her house at the end of the evening,"Sorry, I'm armed. You don't allow guns into your home. Good night." Similar attitudes in many areas probably go a long way in explaining lifelong bachelorhood.