ArthurDent
Member
All,
I have recently met a wonderful woman and things are going amazingly well. There is one issue between us about which I would appreciate some helpful advice and opinions.
She is VERY anti-gun.
She also claims to be quite liberal. I do not know quite how deep her feelings on these issues go. I have asked but she is somewhat reticent to explain in detail. The other day I half-jokingly suggested that I thought she would be in favor of making all guns illegal and she did not correct me. However, she has said that she won't ask me to give up my firearms.
She is fairly ignorant about guns, but cringes in fear every time I offer to help educate her about them. I am very gentle with her, and she realizes that I am not at all a violent person. The few times I've been able to get her to read a pro-gun article she has been astonished that the author (Ayoob!) seems well educated and doesn't want to go around shooting everybody at random.
If she is going to be around me on a long term basis, I consider it vital that she should at least know how to handle firearms safely, even if she doesn't like them.
I need advice on how to proceed. This is a very intelligent woman (a Ph.D.!), but she has drunk the media kool-aid, and thinks all firearms are evil. Is there any hope in getting her to accepting that people have the right to own firearms, and how do I help bring her around to this view?
ArthurDent
I have recently met a wonderful woman and things are going amazingly well. There is one issue between us about which I would appreciate some helpful advice and opinions.
She is VERY anti-gun.
She also claims to be quite liberal. I do not know quite how deep her feelings on these issues go. I have asked but she is somewhat reticent to explain in detail. The other day I half-jokingly suggested that I thought she would be in favor of making all guns illegal and she did not correct me. However, she has said that she won't ask me to give up my firearms.
She is fairly ignorant about guns, but cringes in fear every time I offer to help educate her about them. I am very gentle with her, and she realizes that I am not at all a violent person. The few times I've been able to get her to read a pro-gun article she has been astonished that the author (Ayoob!) seems well educated and doesn't want to go around shooting everybody at random.
If she is going to be around me on a long term basis, I consider it vital that she should at least know how to handle firearms safely, even if she doesn't like them.
I need advice on how to proceed. This is a very intelligent woman (a Ph.D.!), but she has drunk the media kool-aid, and thinks all firearms are evil. Is there any hope in getting her to accepting that people have the right to own firearms, and how do I help bring her around to this view?
ArthurDent