How Does Your Significant Other Feel About Shooting?

How Does Your Significant Other Feel About Shooting?

  • "She/He won't give my 1911 back"

    Votes: 45 17.3%

  • "She/He goes to the range with me now and then"

    Votes: 91 35.0%

  • "Whatever"

    Votes: 75 28.8%

  • "She/He doesn't like it, but lets me do my thing"

    Votes: 47 18.1%

  • "She left her coat at the Hundred Mom March"

    Votes: 2 0.8%
  • Total voters
    260
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I'm curious what THR users experience in their personal lives.

My wife is an anti--but she's not a Koolaid drinker. She doesn't mind me belonging to the local range, or buying guns or ammo. She would never buy me a gun related product for Christmas or my birthday. She's told me if I get a CCW license and carry in the car that she won't ride with me. I told her that we are going to waste a lot of fuel when we go places, because I'm not going to waiver on that issue. She now doesn't mind the shotgun under the bed. She'll reluctanly try a trigger I've been cleaning up. She doesn't mind if I have a gun sitting out on the kitchen island. I could count on one hand the number of times she's been to a gun store with me. She has tried out firearms before, including a Enfield No.4, and I shoot with her Dad on their farm now and then. Her mom even tried out a SIG. Naturally my wife is also very concerned about the environment, and I told her I could help recycle by reloading!

I think she's getting better, but I doubt she'll ever get to the point where she says "Honey, let's go to the range." It's too bad because she's so competitive--I think she'd really love it. What does your significant other think about your interest in shooting? I've included a poll. What techniques have you used to help win him/her over?
 
My wife doesn't mind me shooting, but she dosen't really like to go to the range with me. That's just due to the noise (she's the jumpy type).
She does have her own pistol that I got her. She had been saying that she wanted a pistol that was pink and fuzzy. Not many of those around, so when we were in a gun shop and she saw a .22 that she liked, (Taurus PT22 with rosewood grips), I had it for her within a week. She can load it and shoot it so she likes it. She will even keep it loaded in the nightstand when I am out of town. I know, I know .22LR is a crappy self defense round, but it beats the heck out of hiding under the covers, which was her previous defense strategy. I'm working her up to 9mm, or atleast .38 special. Baby steps, baby steps. Over all I'm pretty lucky.

Cal
 
Voted "she'll go to the range with me every now & then" only because I've been a little bit lazy in getting out to the range myself. If she knows I'm going she wants to go along. :D

Because of some medical issues she cannot shoot much with pistols/revolvers, but just loves to sit there & put .22s into that little circle in the middle all afternoon long.

stay safe.

skidmark
 
The only thing my wife dislikes about my guns are the amount i spend on them, she can't understand why when i say i'am buying another 1911 when i have 7 already, i tell her they are all different in some way and they are, she is progun and hates dems, especialy Hillary, she doesn't shoot the centerfire rifles or the 12 GA. shot guns because of recoil, but she loves shooting my 1911's and the 22 lr's.
 
Mine doesn't really care either way, she's more of the girlie girl type. Guns just don't interest her but she's no anti.

She did just place an order at Lock, Stock & Barrel this morning for my B-day coming up. :D
 
She doesn't care for shooting, ( much), but did tell me to go buy the property for the range. Also tells me to go riding the scoot and have fun! :D

Something about ER nurses, scooters, and guns. They just do not get into them.
 
My wife is becoming more and more accustomed to the idea of guns. She even said last night that she doesn't find the cleaning solution to be nearly as repulsive as she had remembered. :) She didn't grow up around guns per se and therefore was a little shy about having them around. I took her to one of the gun stores in the area where a little old man sits behind the counter because he's retired and gets a kick out of just being there around so many guns. Anyway, she's the soft-hearted kind who takes a likin' to old people, so I let the two of them chat away. He eventually had her playing with a little 2" .38 revolver and convinced her that she didn't have to worry about being a good shot. Just hold the gun against her stomach and face the bad guy. He told her she had five shots to get him on the ground. That should give her enough time to reload and make sure she used the next fiver rounds to keep him down. Needless to say I went back within the week and bought the gun. I can't tell you how many times I've heard her repeat the line "I've got five shots to get him down." It's great :D I tried letting her shoot my .380 semi-auto but she doesn't like the spent cases bouncing off the stall walls and back into her face, chest, etc. I want her to shoot my .22 but she hasn't got the hang of how to hold a rifle yet. Like I said in another post, she just bought me a Mosin Nagant for our anniversary. I feel like I've brought her along quite nicely. :evil:
 
She's in the 'whatever' category. She's sort of a 'pacifist libertarian' in Democrat clothing. Has no interest in firearms, but is glad they're around and encourages me to go to the range. Last week I left the door to the gunlocker open and when I returned to the room I found her standing in front of it, staring in. "My God, you've got a lot of guns".

I think she's secretly fascinated. :D
 
My sweetie wishes her diabetic eyes would get better so she could go shooting with me more often. Until they clear up, she says I'd have to throw rocks at the target so she could shoot at the sound.

I'm not sure I want to try to get that stunt past the range safety officer.
 
She'll go with me but then wont' come home until we're just about out of ammo. After I bought my first double action revolver, she'd only give it back to me when she tore through all the ammunition. :banghead:

-JIm
 
My wife is an interesting case. She has taken safety training but has shot at the range only a few times. The noise of the busy firing line is simply too much for her.

That said, she understands the importance of the right to keep and bear arms and has declared that we must live in a state with shall-issue CCW permits by the time our daughter reaches adulthood. However, she has no real interest in firearms herself and often complains when I spend money on them.

~G. Fink
 
Most girls I have been involved with were indifferent toward my hobby although one I planned on marrying when things got bad would use that knowledge to throw it in my face and insult me with comments like I was going to shoot her. Needless to say she is'nt around anymore and no I didn't shoot her even though she threatened me bodily harm once!

I'm not much of a swinging ladies man but one girl that I know that I have been intimate with seemed to lean toward the anti gun side but she likes to shoot my S&W model 17 if she gets the chance. Her current fiancee hates me and she told him I was gay so he wouldn't be jealous even though it is not true but there has not been any 22 plinking trips with her in awhile!

Another friend of mine who I seem to be falling for though in a more serious way does not like guns much it seems. She is scared of them because she is in the banking field and her branch has been robbed pretty bad a few times. We kind of have a unspoken agreement though that we don't bring guns up in conversation though.

She knows I have them but not how many and how much I'm into the hobby. She said her dad has shotguns though and she had fun shooting them so I think I can swing her over more to our side if I get the chance. We went hiking once and she mentioned she was scared of the mountain lions and I mentioned if she would rather I brough a gun on the next trip and she didn't seem to think it was a big deal I mentioned that.

We met in college and in our English class I sometimes used to do compositions and papers on pro gun issues and she used to read them and she never said anything bad about them really and I even got good grades on them!

I'm not sure I want a real gun nut girlfriend anyways as I can barely afford to finance my own hobby as well as someones elses too!
 
My dear wife is not overly interested, in ''sporting'' aspects (recreational) but is happy that I carry 16/7, and is well competant with a snub.

Best of all - early this year she at last got her CCW although as yet does not make use of it as much as I'd like. Time we hit the range again very soon.
 
My wife has always been in the "whatever" category. She was raised on hunted food, so she's always been comfortable around long guns, but handguns make her nervous. I tried to include her in discussions about gun control and freedoms, but she always seemed sortof ambivalent about things like the AWB. She respected my views and interests, but it wasn't her thing. I got her to take a self defense course, and she's always carried knives(we met in fencing class). I tried to talk to her about a CCW once our daughter was on the way, and I was making progress, but once she was done with pregnancy and didn't feel awkward and clumsy anymore, that was stalled. :(
About two weeks ago, we got new neighbors next door. At first, they seemed like a nice down to earth couple, 'til the woman showed up asking to use our phone. She was drunk, and as it turns out, her husband beats her pretty regularly. We found out she drinks continually. That day, my wife asked me to take her to the range and teach her to shoot. As soon as we have the money, she wants to take the training class and get her CHL. We're going to try to get started next Sunday, can't be before then, since that's the soonest we have someone to watch our daughter.
It's a nice change, to say the least. :D
 
Calhoun:

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I went with the "She/He won't give my 1911 back" option, although it hasn't gotten quite that far yet. She keeps trying to take my 1911 but I haven't given it up yet. But I have lost a Ruger p-90 to her.
 
My wife is indifferent to guns. She has never fired one and doesn't care to learn. That's fine. She's a great lady and we've been married 30 years. The upside is that when I buy a gun for myself then the next time I am obliged to buy one for her...usually nicer and more expensive. When I give her her gun she looks it over, smiles and says, "That's pretty. Thank you...would you put it away for me?"

Pretty much win/WIN. And so much more practical than giving her crockpots or toasters.

She has a nice collection of CZ's and SIG's.
 
She confiscated my 3" M13 and won't give it back, carries it constantly, but I can hardly get on the range to 'qualify'.

Twice a year I force her.
She has been in twice as many shootings I have and handles herself well, just wish she would practice more. :banghead:

Sam
 
I voted for the "she took my 1911" option even though it's technically her 1911.....

Let's see.....she's decided that she's outgrown the Mil-Spec Springfield and needs a custom 1911....

Wants a Hammerli .22lr for her competitions.....

Wants a Steyr air pistol for competition.....

Is a collegiate pistol team assistant coach....

Takes the 870 out to shoot trap on Fridays with a bunch of old coots down the road....

Outshoots me in slow fire pistol.....

Bought me my 870 for Christmas.....

Says Hoppe's #9 reminds her of her Daddy.... :D
 
The wife doesn't care much for going shooting herself, but she doesn't mind a bit when I go. As long as I don't spend TOO much on guns and ammo, she doesn't care. I can get her to the range every now and then and she does keep the XD-40 around at home. One of these days I really need to get her a 9mm.
 
I go to the range more than I probably would because SHE wants to go to the range. I also go to more gun shows because SHE wants to go to them. Since Oct, she's gone from zero firearms to five and has taken the concealment training course with me. Then, again........I've created this "monster". hee hee :D :neener:
 
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