My wife did good

[Red_SC]

I'm proud of her.

She grew up in a family where guns were accepted, but very rarely seen. So, when she married me and started getting used to me shooting every week, and stopping by my reloading room at my parents house frequently to 'try out something', it was a bit of a shock.

Anyway, back to the story. My neighbor, who is about my age (25), wants to get a gun. He came over last week while I was putting a new roof on my house, and naturally among other topics, we discussed different guns. So, I guess that's what he had on his mind when he left....

A day or two later, his wife came over to talk to my wife while she watered flowers. She jokingly said that he wasn't allowed to come over any more, because it made him want to get a gun. (She's finishing up a psychology degree, and fairly liberal and anti-gun.) So, my wife told her that him getting a gun sounded like a good idea. The neighbor protested that she stays at home with the kids all the time, so it wasn't safe. My wife replied that it was all the more reason to get one.

I doubt that it sank in much, but at least she's hearing it from someone she can relate to. And it sure made me proud.

 

[Dbl0Kevin]

It never ceases to amaze me how some people can be so against something that can be used to protect them and their children. I really would like to understand the way people think who hold these views. People who stick their head in the sand really tick me off.

 

[aguyindallas]

Unfortunately, it takes people like the neighbor to be violated by a bad guy to realize the benefit of proctecting yourself.

Try this as a tool:

Undoubtably, there is an intersection somewhere that you know that is known for having bad accidents...most likely it has no postings, or at best, just stop signs, no lights.

After we see an accident at this type of place, dont we all say "Its gonna take somebody getting killed here before they put up a traffic light".

I know I do, and unfortunately, its usually true.

"Its gonna take somebody getting robbed, raped, beaten, killed etc...before they get a gun to protect themselves"

Its really no different...is it or am I just off my rocker?

 

[Standing Wolf]

"Its gonna take somebody getting robbed, raped, beaten, killed etc...before they get a gun to protect themselves"

When the gods whisper, some people listen. When the gods talk, a few more people listen. When the gods shout, a few more listen. When the gods get really tired of being ignored and send thunderbolts, a few more listen. Some remain deliberately deaf their entire lives.

Their choice.

 

[XLMiguel]

Red - She sounds like a keeper!

Neighbor lady sounds like too much 'education', not enough thinking . . . .

 

[Bob F.]

Most people don't realize that the cops are not legally obligated to protect us, or how long 20 minutes can be when somebody's kicking your door. I've had deputies ask me ( a private ccw) to back 'em cause official backup was 20-30 minutes away.

Stay safe.
Bob

 

[Red_SC]

Mike-

Right on both counts!

 

[halvey]

Good job. Keep fighting!

 

[hso]

While the potential for an accident involving an improperly secured firearm in the home is greater than the potential for a home invasion that hazard can be controlled by putting the firearm in a ready access secured location and training the family members on firearms safety. There much less you can do about random/planned acts of violence directed at your home. Keeping a children safe from loading firearms in the home is similar to keeping them from starting the car and driving it out in the street. Teach them that they're not old enough to safely handle it, secure the thing against their exercising poor judgement and don't let them play Grand Theft Auto.

 

[38SnubFan]

Teach them that they're not old enough to safely handle it.

Agreed, but I have seen a couple "young'n's" out at my local publc range (9-12 years old) who can shoot a .40 or .45 with better accuracy than a lot of the adults.

Secure the thing against their exercising poor judgement.

I agree again, but I find it better to do my damnedest to teach my children against poor judgement. That doesn't mean I leave my firearms lie around and just hope they "do the right thing" though.

Don't let them play Grand Theft Auto.

Hey! I like that game! It's not much worse than Mortal Combat and all the other fighting games out there. I figure as long as the kids are aware it's a game and not reality and can be mature about that fact, then (unlike the liberal Democrats) I won't concede that today's video games cause children to decide to act violently because the games "make it look cool." Come on now, did we decide to rob a bank because "it looked cool" when we were playing Cops 'N' Robbers as kids?

I feel that as long as the owners are law-abiding, non-violent, responsible people, a gun in that home can only SAVE lives.

-Matt

 

[Ky Larry]

It's easier to gun-proof your kids than to kid-proof your guns.

 

[jefnvk]

don't let them play Grand Theft Auto.

While GTA in my opinion is an awful game, this is something that bothers me. People that think playing video games makes kids sharpshooters. If I could shoot as well in real life as I could in video games, the Marines would be giving me a million dollar enlistment bonus The only thing Call of Duty or Day of Defeat (both WWII games) has ever done to me is forced me to go out and buy a Mauser and Mosin (with a Garand next in line)

 

[4v50 Gary]

One good woman

Yep, wifey did good and no doubt you're proud of her and told her so.

 

[mustanger98]

We should all be so lucky.