My gf was pretty nuetral about guns when we met.
I don't know about the rest of you, but when I meet a woman that I'm interested in my radar is on for ANY anti sentiment.
I haven't shown her more than one or two guns so far, but she seems interested.
I am a reloading junkie, so many times when I get some time off I am out to the range picking up brass and running a quick few downrange over the chrono. Not a day of shooting, just a quickie.
I usually carry a couple of 5 gallon buckets in the back of the car just in case I can break away and scrounge a little brass.
I took her out one night and during the trip back to her place, I had a flat tire. It was about 1:30 am. I don't mind changing a tire in the least, but we were just off the freeway and I was pretty cautious of the surroundings. I opened the console and slipped the Commander in my IWB.
I opened the trunk and there was about a bucket full of .223 and other assorted brass with another half bucket full of pistol brass.
When we got back to her place she was a bit quiet. I figured maybe she was tired - she wasn't. She was spooked by the Commander and asked why I carried a million bullets in the trunk.
I told her my feelings about CCW, told her I reloaded to save money and that's it in a nutshell. No clandestine intent or other nefarious reason. I try to be as safe as possible and I'm cheap when it comes to brass.
She didn't get it too well, but didn't start a HCI rant.
A few days later I'm packed and ready to go to the range (ya gotta feed the 500 or it starts giving you that look and calling your name
) She called and wanted to buy lunch. I politely declined and told her I was going to pick up brass and shoot a little. She wanted to go.
I took her with me (thinking another time would be better, since she would slow me down picking up brass). She shot the 500 (bunny fart loads) and the 10/22.
She did suprisingly well with both. She helped me pick up brass for a about an hour afterward.
Now she wants to go pick up brass again and maybe buy a gun of her own.
While she isn't Annie Oakley, her attitude is pretty good about it. She has been giving some serious thought to taking a gun safety course and getting her CCW.
Time will tell
BigSlick