My GF isn't anti exactly but she isn't comfortable with my carrying either. I can't really blame her. Guns have been part of my life for over 20 years. She just fired her first shots a few months ago.
Her last comment about my carrying was to the effect that it was "innappropriate". I pointed out that the things that criminals do to people are also "innappropriate" and that using similar tactics might be the only way to stop them.
She is also convinced that carrying for personal defense can only possibly lead to jail time. I often point out to her that the overwhelming majority of defensive gun uses don't involve a single shot being fired. They still save lives every day. If they didn't police officers wouldn't carry them.
The thing about her is that she is really smart and entirely capable of figuring this stuff out for herself. She as indicated that she is mostly interested in learning about handguns (presumably because she realizes that they are the most portable and effective life insurance available). My situation isn't bad - all I really have to do is present her with information and give her time to work it over. She'll come around.
I'm not married but it would seem to me that the worst thing you could do is lay an ultimatum at your wife's feet. My understanding of women is pretty limited but I have never heard of that type of approach solving anything.
Her last comment about my carrying was to the effect that it was "innappropriate". I pointed out that the things that criminals do to people are also "innappropriate" and that using similar tactics might be the only way to stop them.
She is also convinced that carrying for personal defense can only possibly lead to jail time. I often point out to her that the overwhelming majority of defensive gun uses don't involve a single shot being fired. They still save lives every day. If they didn't police officers wouldn't carry them.
The thing about her is that she is really smart and entirely capable of figuring this stuff out for herself. She as indicated that she is mostly interested in learning about handguns (presumably because she realizes that they are the most portable and effective life insurance available). My situation isn't bad - all I really have to do is present her with information and give her time to work it over. She'll come around.
I'm not married but it would seem to me that the worst thing you could do is lay an ultimatum at your wife's feet. My understanding of women is pretty limited but I have never heard of that type of approach solving anything.