Don't buy your wife or girlfriend a gun!
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We are talking about your limited circle of experience, and not all women, is that correct? I'm certain you meant to say something about how, of the people you knew well, only one woman "had the maturity" for a gun? How large a sampling are we talking about?
Wow!
I start a thread on not forcing gun choices on women and I end up being accused of being too paternalistic and the thread turns to discussing the maturity level of women in general.
Somehow that's not the way I envisioned things would progress...
I start a thread on not forcing gun choices on women and I end up being accused of being too paternalistic and the thread turns to discussing the maturity level of women in general.
Somehow that's not the way I envisioned things would progress...
John,
Think of it as a "power play", not as really talking about real, genuine people. Some folks see life as a struggle for one-upmanship, defining everything in terms of who's got the power. For those people, the thought of a firearm in a woman's hands is a frightening thing*...
Precisely why I'm always glad to encourage a lady to take up shooting.
*In other words, if a previously less-powerful contact now has MORE power, those who previously had more power, must now have LESS. Obviously, insecure people are not happy with having "less" power.
John
Think of it as a "power play", not as really talking about real, genuine people. Some folks see life as a struggle for one-upmanship, defining everything in terms of who's got the power. For those people, the thought of a firearm in a woman's hands is a frightening thing*...
Precisely why I'm always glad to encourage a lady to take up shooting.
*In other words, if a previously less-powerful contact now has MORE power, those who previously had more power, must now have LESS. Obviously, insecure people are not happy with having "less" power.
John
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when i started to date with my wife, she was sort of anti; didn't cared for guns at all and was strongly against any guns at home. But time passed, we got married, and i even started to make some money from my gun hobby (as a writer/editor to local gun magazine).
One day i took her to our shooting club, where we tested the .22LR Marlin 60. It was her first shooting with any firearm at all, and guess what.. she outshot everybody, including one famous hunter and one ex-SpetsNaz vet, who now trains young shooters After shooting a string of X-rings at 50 meters from the bench, she asked for something with more fun, and ended up with .223 CZ527 rifle at 100 meters. She liked it, yes.
Next day i got my "family permit" to have firearms at our home... The problem is that it is not too easy to have firearm permit here, in Russia, and all our money now are invested in our new appartments.. But i hope i'll get my first shotgun soon. I plan to have it in 20 ga, so my loved one will be able to shoot it comfortably too.
One day i took her to our shooting club, where we tested the .22LR Marlin 60. It was her first shooting with any firearm at all, and guess what.. she outshot everybody, including one famous hunter and one ex-SpetsNaz vet, who now trains young shooters
After shooting a string of X-rings at 50 meters from the bench, she asked for something with more fun, and ended up with .223 CZ527 rifle at 100 meters. She liked it, yes.Next day i got my "family permit" to have firearms at our home... The problem is that it is not too easy to have firearm permit here, in Russia, and all our money now are invested in our new appartments.. But i hope i'll get my first shotgun soon. I plan to have it in 20 ga, so my loved one will be able to shoot it comfortably too.
Brrlgrrl
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Weapons, alot like jewelry, should always be selected by the lady who will be wearing them.
Gus Dddysgrl
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I think a guy wanting to buy or buying a gun for a girl is good as long as she picks it out or he knows exactly what she wants. I would love it if my fiancee came home with a gun for me. He knows what I like and would get something we'd both enjoy. However he knows I know more about guns than he does and wouldn't buy anything without me. I'd rather get a gun than flowers or chocolates.
I think in a way it's his way of saying I want to look out for you and make sure you're protected. This may come off as paternal, but I think it's nice when a guy wants to take a role in the protection of his loved ones and family.
However I do agree with John about buying other people a gun. I thought I had my fiancee figured out and wanted to get him a gun just like my dad's that he loved. (mark II slabside in 22) Course I dropped hints to make sure this is what he wanted. Well to my surprise he wants one exactly like mine so we can have matching CCW guns. So I'm glad I didn't buy a gun that he didn't really want. So not just not buying wives/gf/new shooters guns, but anyone for that matter. I almost did. I wouldn't buy anyone a gun without knowing exactly what they wanted.
(Also wanted to say you may not want to always give a gun to a girl between 18 and 40, but I wouldn't advise trying to take one from her if she has it already)
I think in a way it's his way of saying I want to look out for you and make sure you're protected. This may come off as paternal, but I think it's nice when a guy wants to take a role in the protection of his loved ones and family.
However I do agree with John about buying other people a gun. I thought I had my fiancee figured out and wanted to get him a gun just like my dad's that he loved. (mark II slabside in 22) Course I dropped hints to make sure this is what he wanted. Well to my surprise he wants one exactly like mine so we can have matching CCW guns. So I'm glad I didn't buy a gun that he didn't really want. So not just not buying wives/gf/new shooters guns, but anyone for that matter. I almost did. I wouldn't buy anyone a gun without knowing exactly what they wanted.
(Also wanted to say you may not want to always give a gun to a girl between 18 and 40, but I wouldn't advise trying to take one from her if she has it already)
Gee, I really am the odd one out...My husband bought me a beautiful Ruger#1 in .257Rob for Christmas about 2 yrs ago, and I loved it! I bragged about it to just about everybody...
He even was sneaky about it--had boxed up some piece of pipe in an old TC Encore barrel box, so THat was what I unwrapped, thinking I was getting my 6.5x55 Swede Encore barrel (wishwishwish...)and instead when I see the pipe, he says "Oh, maybe you'd better look in the coat closet!" Then for our anniversary this year, I got a beatuiful custom Gentlemans Hunter in Damasteel...it's really too pretty to use!
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