Gun fearing wife starting to see the light

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We put in a new bay window this weekend. The old window and new window weren’t quite the same size and we were building a cabinet into the bottom of the new window so it was more than a days work. At the end of day 1 we had a huge hole in the side of our house with a sheet of 4 mil plastic keeping the bugs out. Obviously not the most secure set up but it had to do.

The wife was not real comfortable with this but there was nothing we could do. So she asks me, “Is the gun here?†Yes. “ Is it loaded†yes.

“Good. Keep it out tonight ok?†Yes.

So we are headed in the right direction. She does see a gun in the house as a good thing. She was even handling the gun this weekend too. It is a matter of time before she decides that she actually wants to shoot with us at the range.
 
Sounds like you are on the right track.

Never try to change a womans mind all at once. Baby steps are what is needed. On a side note, my wife has been working on me about several things. I am coming around to her way of thinking slowly buy surely.
 
My friend, a former Deputy, whom will teach her has a P22.
 
Hi guys... I'm new here. Interesting topic.
I have a freind who has had a real rough time with men in general including having a 12 ga shtogun pointed at her as well as some other incicdents which left her very scared and against guns.
Since I met her she has known that I like guns alot and slowly, very slowly began to accept that her friend was into guns.
Recently I starting buying a few and took them out to her place on a farm. (She was worried about some people from her past sort of thing due to legal problems). I have now managed to get her to shoot some small guns (22 lr) and she is quite comfortable being around me when I am shooting....big step for her.
Still she is not shooting that much, but is getting more and more comfortable with it. I am looking into getting something lighter for her to shoot as she has some problems with holding up a regular rifle or holding an oject away from her body such as a pistol.
I was wondering what the general concensus was in regards to the marlin papoose for the purposes mentioned here.
Sorry for hi-jacking the thread.
It's great whenever we get someone anti- gun or women involved in shooting . Keep up the good work.:D
 
You should have a gun of the same action in a .22LR for every gun you own; that IMHO is necessary especially if you have someone who's not so "pro gun" in the house.

A .22LR is a must!!

Congrats though..

Your next step is to buy a .22LR for her, and say "honey, I bought this for you because it MATCHES YOUR SHOES." She'll love it, shoot it, and tell all her friend about it..

:evil:
 
My luck it would be just different enough form any shoes she has that she would need to buy more shoes to match the gun.


A P22 is going to be the closest .22 to my P99
 
But the P22 has the "gift" of a manual safety. Love my decocker.

Maybe with the safety on the P22, it'll make new gun users more comfortable.
 
Been wanting a P22 for a while - just ain't got up the need to buy it yet.

Still missing the point on a 22 pistol cept for plinking... but hey - it looks neat and i like guns and 22's are cheap to fire =)

It WOULD obviously be good to introduce someone in to shooting. Just about everyone ramps up. Well till it gets uncomfortable.

(kinda like most people can't get just one tatoo - ever notice that? <grin>)

Good to see yer wife is commin around - thankfully - w/ all my gf's other idiosyncrasies - i don't have to put up w/ that one - heck - she's as likely to come home w/ a new gun as I am..... ok... well almost. =)

J/Tharg!
 
Id beware about getting her too gun friendly. Did that to my gf now Im not "allowed" to buy any of my own, but if i decide to get them for her it is ok. Then they will want to steal all your babies....beware! :uhoh: :scrutiny:
 
p22

is the way to go!!!

I have one, and my wife, as previously stated, is not anti, but it's "not her thing". Out of the clear blue the other day she asked if the p22 had any kick. I explained that it was minimal, sort of a bit less than banging a hammer. She said ok, and that was the end of the conversation. A bit later I showed her the link here about the !#$@% at the range that gave his girlfriend something with kick, and then yelled at her for not handleing it right. I showed her the article, expressed my displease, and explained that I would ONLY allow a her, as a new shooter, to use the P22, if she EVER decided to try it. Nothing else until she was comfortable. She said ok and walked away. A similar conversation used to involve clutching the heart and deep gasps of horror!

She has sinced brought it up a few times. BABY STEPS are the way to go.

(If I may overshare a bit, I have been dry for almost 1 year, and have used a few new guns as my "reward". I told her that rather than handle things the old way, this was a lot more positive. She has promoted it to the nth degree. This is a change from before. It used to be "my thing", now it has become "my positive thing". I think she may be justifing it as being in support of me...what ever works, eh?)
 
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