jamz
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Last christmas, I started getting interested in guns again. From shooting with my Dad a lot, I had always been around guns, but never owned any myself.
When I started raising the subject with my wife, her only words were "No guns in this house!"
For my Birthday in early January, me Dad got me a nice .22 rifle. I said that I would store it in the house temporarily until a space opened up at the gun club to store it. She said that it had better get out of the house soon.
In February she reiterated many times that the gun needed to get out of the house.
In the meantime, I had secretly bought two handguns and another rifle, which I had kept in my car, but soon realized that I'm not smart enough to keep those a secret for too long, plus money was very thight, so I sold them to my Dad.
Mrs. Jamz still said that she wanted the gun out of the house, but she brought it up less and less. The rifle was stored just hanging on the wall, in a carrying case, with the magazine and bolt out of it and "elsewhere". (They were actually in my car.)
The spring passed, and I stated my intentions to buy a .22 pistol from my Dad. This was met with stony silence and a "hrmph". Time passed, and I actually saved enough to buy her a nice ring instead, stating that the money I had saved for a pistol was instead going to a nice piece of jewelry for her.
The summer passed, and I eventually saved up enough to but the pistol (back) from my Dad. I took it home and told mer, and we had a small talk and I assured her that it would be dissassembled while at home, promised her that it would be kept "safely" , etc. She understood, and accepted that, so long as it was stored "safely".
Two weeks ago, I bought (back) form my Dad the Mosin Nagant M44 rifle. I just brought it home, and told her I bought it. Her only concern was how much I spent on it.
Last night at dinner, she told me that we really needed a gun safe. I agreed (it had been in my plans to get one around December), so I wouldn't have to keep the guns trigger locked, etc.
So in less than a year, I think she's gone from totally totally gut-reaction anti to at least accepting! I'm so happy! I knew it would be a bit of a battle, but with patience, perserverance, and resolution, it can be done!
So for those of you with anti- significant others, I just wanted to report that there IS HOPE!
-James
When I started raising the subject with my wife, her only words were "No guns in this house!"
For my Birthday in early January, me Dad got me a nice .22 rifle. I said that I would store it in the house temporarily until a space opened up at the gun club to store it. She said that it had better get out of the house soon.
In February she reiterated many times that the gun needed to get out of the house.
In the meantime, I had secretly bought two handguns and another rifle, which I had kept in my car, but soon realized that I'm not smart enough to keep those a secret for too long, plus money was very thight, so I sold them to my Dad.
Mrs. Jamz still said that she wanted the gun out of the house, but she brought it up less and less. The rifle was stored just hanging on the wall, in a carrying case, with the magazine and bolt out of it and "elsewhere". (They were actually in my car.)
The spring passed, and I stated my intentions to buy a .22 pistol from my Dad. This was met with stony silence and a "hrmph". Time passed, and I actually saved enough to buy her a nice ring instead, stating that the money I had saved for a pistol was instead going to a nice piece of jewelry for her.
The summer passed, and I eventually saved up enough to but the pistol (back) from my Dad. I took it home and told mer, and we had a small talk and I assured her that it would be dissassembled while at home, promised her that it would be kept "safely" , etc. She understood, and accepted that, so long as it was stored "safely".
Two weeks ago, I bought (back) form my Dad the Mosin Nagant M44 rifle. I just brought it home, and told her I bought it. Her only concern was how much I spent on it.
Last night at dinner, she told me that we really needed a gun safe.
I agreed (it had been in my plans to get one around December), so I wouldn't have to keep the guns trigger locked, etc.So in less than a year, I think she's gone from totally totally gut-reaction anti to at least accepting!
I'm so happy! I knew it would be a bit of a battle, but with patience, perserverance, and resolution, it can be done!So for those of you with anti- significant others, I just wanted to report that there IS HOPE!
-James
