Dear Abby Get Real

[Just Jim]

Wonder how she found him out, going through his wallet?????

jj

 

[HK G3]

Make sure to take a gun safety course from this guy. He's the only one qualified to handle a Glock Fohtay.

 

[Mrs. Armoredman]

My husband and I know a man thats wife makes him keep his firearm in the car. Now, how in the h@## can he protect his wife and himself when his gun is in the car? He has a AR on top of the china cabinet and she is to short to see it.

I would be pissed off if my husband spent $500 on a gun without telling me. It had better do the laundry and wash the dishes for that much money.

 

[scythefwd]

Maybe I am naive, but I don't see anything wrong with her answer. She never advocates doing anything stupid. She actually advocates getting a safety class on firearms (Neo luddite, she says contact the police to find out when and where the classes are held, not to get the class from them). She is right, IF the gun is stolen, it will probably be used in a crime. She also recommended taking the class to know how to properly secure said arm so it doesn't get stolen.

I also agree with her on the fact that the husband should have told the wife instead of hiding it. That is a signal that there are bigger problems than the gun.

 

[David904]

half and half....

My sympathies are somewhat divided here. The man had to know that his wife harbored significant objections to having a firearm in the house. Going out and sneaking one into the house was wrong. He should have told her he was going to get one - and then invited her along to a safety and training class.

As a husband, I respect my wife enough to try to not do something that would be truly offensive to her. And she is the same with me. It has to be a two way street.

Bottom line... He should not have snuck it in.

The Dear Abby columnist struck me as being condescending toward gun ownership - like we are weak and vulnerable and need coddling if we want to own and carry a gun. I was also rather irked by her assumption/assertion that gun ownership was going to attract burglars who would steal them and use them for nefarious ends. She had some sound advice, but much of the message was lost in the tone of the transmission.

 

[cambeul41]

My wife was an anti. The last discussion that we had about buying a gun, she said, "I'm going to Jerry's to buy an S&W M&P 9, do you want to come along?"

 

[Stevie-Ray]

My sympathies are somewhat divided here. The man had to know that his wife harbored significant objections to having a firearm in the house. Going out and sneaking one into the house was wrong. He should have told her he was going to get one - and then invited her along to a safety and training class.
As a husband, I respect my wife enough to try to not do something that would be truly offensive to her. And she is the same with me. It has to be a two way street.
Bottom line... He should not have snuck it in.
The Dear Abby columnist struck me as being condescending toward gun ownership - like we are weak and vulnerable and need coddling if we want to own and carry a gun. I was also rather irked by her assumption/assertion that gun ownership was going to attract burglars who would steal them and use them for nefarious ends. She had some sound advice, but much of the message was lost in the tone of the transmission.

I completely agree. I've also been married 33 years, and my wife and I discuss just about everything. Certain things, she has put her foot down and I don't try to change her mind. Motorcycles come to mind. My area is extremely dangerous to motorcycles and she is handicapped. The possibility of me getting killed or severely injured on a bike around here is better than most and where would that leave her? Selfish? Maybe, but I don't blame her at all. She also states that when we move from this area, motorcycles would be up for grabs. Maybe someday, but it's just not that important. Guns, OTOH, have never been a sticking point, other than a money issue at times. But she has bought a good percentage of them for me, including the last 2. Her remarks to our friends about guns are generally, "they don't bother me a bit."

I do miss the original "Abby," though not so much her sister "Ann Landers" who was far more liberal. It seemed perfect that "Abby" was in The Detroit News, who just announced their support for John McCain, while the more liberal "Ann" was in The Detroit Free Press, which was always a liberal cage liner.

 

[Byron Quick]

To me, the fact that the issue was not settled 34 years ago before the engagement is incomprehensible.

But this is apparently a guy who is not a shooter who one day decides he wants a gun. After 33 years, he knows his wife pretty well and knows that it's going to be impossible to get her to go along with the idea. But he still wants a gun. So he buys one and sneaks it into the house. She inevitably finds it and hits the roof. I wonder how many rounds are left in the box of ammunition he probably bought with the gun. If a revolver, it wouldn't surprise me a bit if there are 44 rounds in the box-along with six in the gun.

Now he could be buying cases of ammo and really practicing with his acquisition, but somehow I doubt that.

 

[Jeff F]

I buy guns all the time and try to hide them from the wife. Its always the same, I walk in and she says whats going on. I say nothing. She says you bought another gun didn't you. I look down and say yep.

 

[ironhdhead4]

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