Although my wife grew up around firearms as her father was as big a hunter and gun owner as I am and she has even shot quite a few, she has a take it or leave it attitude with guns. I am getting a little fed up with hearing men saying, be it in the real world or in cyber space that thier wives litterally "dictate" to them the gun policies to be practiced in the home. I assure you that is not tolerated in my house even
.000001%. My wife knew while dating and looooong before we talked about getting maried that guns were as big a part of my life and who I am as was any other aspect of my life on this earth and nothing short of death was going to change that. I also made it absolutely clear before we got hitched that any children we have would deisde for themselves if they wished to become involved with hunting and firearms and would not be discouraged by anyone from doing so.
I find it utterly rediculess that a grown man would be willing to accept such anti-gun stances from the one they should count on the most to suport them in life. I know marrage is all about compramise, but there are a few things a man who wishes to remain a man simply does not compramise on. My guns are one of those things.
Not a day gos by I do not count my blessings that I have the wife I do. Women like her come along but once a life time if your lucky.
Simply put I would have not married a woman who would have made me choose between her and my love of hunting and guns, because in reality she already has. I am that serious about my love afare with guns and even more so about hunting.
I have always been of the strong belife that I can get into ALOT, LOT more trouble in a bar stool than a deer stand or gun range.
I was a little more than disgusted when my life long friend, shooting and reloading partner was just in the last few months forced by his so called wife to sell all of his guns because she did not allow them in the house with thier two boys. He sold them to me. I asked him that how is it i am able to keep my 6 HGs and 15 rifles safely out of my two little monsters reach and he cannot? I told him I constantly teach my oldest boy about gun safety and the dos and donts of same.
I kinda doubt any of these women that wont allow guns in the house would receive it vary well if their husbands suddenly told them with no oyher reson than they could that they must stop partisapaiting in or give up forever any hobby that they felt as strongly about as a firearm owner like me does about his passion for his guns.
Im not trying to sound like some guy whos wife cowers at the very mention of my name, quite the contrary I assure you. My wife can be hell on wheels when the need arises and I full well know what her limits are and stay well away from her "redline" so to speek.
I dont have the perfect marrage because such an animal exsists only in the company of unicornes, dragons, lepricons and other things that simply do not exsist in the real world.
My wife understands and respects my love of all things firearm and hunting and never gives me any greef so long as I dont spend money foolishly on eithor. She also knows I am a faaaaaaar more happy easy to live with person if I know that I will always be able to enjoy my guns and hunting.
People say if moma aint happy no ones happy, well Im here to tell you if daddy aint happy life aint no occasion to smile eithor, and Im happiest when Im doing anything with my sons, but doing anything that has anything to do with guns or huntting is a awefuly close second.
P.S.
The advise given by Dr. Phill is also called not so common anymore, common sence, and if you need to go to him for such advise your a bigger looser than you originally thought.
