Have any of them sparked a good conversation with your spouse or significant other?
My wife and I were watching The Hitcher last night. My wife chimes in on the scene where the BG grabs the girlfriend and holds a knife to her face and tells the boyfriend something nasty. She chimes in and says, "I'd shoot him in the head with my 9mm...blah, blah, blah." Mind you, my wife has recently attained her CHL so this should not be unrealistic.
I then chime back and say, "So sweetpea, how's that gun you leave at home going to do you a damn bit of good, I'm going to have to shoot this guy in this situation, not you, because I carry my gun. You'd be dead before I could draw, simple as that."
Granted, she's 9 months pregnant and her excuse was, "I'm not going to be able to carry that thing in this condition." I then proceed to say, "So, you gonna tell the BG, hang on while I go home and get my gun or are you going to die...or more likely, hope the hell I can save you? You're physically the most vulnerable you have been since childhood, you should be carrying that pistol, not making some excuse for not carrying it. No excuse is going to save you, a pistol just 'might', nothing more."
There were several more scenes that could have quickly ended the show, but Hollywood has an hour and a half to burn, not just 15 minutes. I don't want to degrade to a critique of the movie, that's Hollywood.
What I do want to discuss is if you fellas out there have girls who say they would shoot the BG quickly and yet, simply don't carry a gun? Have these conversations ever tipped the scale the direction it needs to actually get them to start carrying? My wife got her CHL due to some events happening close to home and she finally realized it's a good idea, however, I can't get through to her that the license isn't going to stop anything if she doesn't carry her damn gun!!!
My wife and I were watching The Hitcher last night. My wife chimes in on the scene where the BG grabs the girlfriend and holds a knife to her face and tells the boyfriend something nasty. She chimes in and says, "I'd shoot him in the head with my 9mm...blah, blah, blah." Mind you, my wife has recently attained her CHL so this should not be unrealistic.
I then chime back and say, "So sweetpea, how's that gun you leave at home going to do you a damn bit of good, I'm going to have to shoot this guy in this situation, not you, because I carry my gun. You'd be dead before I could draw, simple as that."
Granted, she's 9 months pregnant and her excuse was, "I'm not going to be able to carry that thing in this condition." I then proceed to say, "So, you gonna tell the BG, hang on while I go home and get my gun or are you going to die...or more likely, hope the hell I can save you? You're physically the most vulnerable you have been since childhood, you should be carrying that pistol, not making some excuse for not carrying it. No excuse is going to save you, a pistol just 'might', nothing more."
There were several more scenes that could have quickly ended the show, but Hollywood has an hour and a half to burn, not just 15 minutes. I don't want to degrade to a critique of the movie, that's Hollywood.
What I do want to discuss is if you fellas out there have girls who say they would shoot the BG quickly and yet, simply don't carry a gun? Have these conversations ever tipped the scale the direction it needs to actually get them to start carrying? My wife got her CHL due to some events happening close to home and she finally realized it's a good idea, however, I can't get through to her that the license isn't going to stop anything if she doesn't carry her damn gun!!!