Girlwithagun
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Just a few tips from a wife who has gotten pulled into the "gun thing" 
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Don't push. If you try to push her to learn before she is ready and willing, she will resist even more.
Be patient. When she decides she is ready, take it at her pace. Let her choose which gun she would like to try and if she only wants to shoot one round, let her do just that. When I first started, I always wanted to watch my husband shoot it first.
Make it fun! If you want her to have lots of range time, make it as fun for her as it is for you. Suggest that you both go to the range together and then go out for a nice dinner. If you combine something each of you likes, pretty soon she may come around and start to just enjoy shooting.
Be proud. Wives like their husbands to be proud of them. If all she does is come along and watch you, let her know that you appreciate that she is trying and that you love her for that. It will make her try even harder to make you even more proud.
Don't lose hope. When my husband and I were first married, I had never touched a gun and had no desire to do so. After shooting the .22, I vowed I would never shoot anything of a higher caliber. But the pride thing got me- seeing my husband beaming with pride and my efforts made me want to "wow" him even more. Now he is proud to say his wife's favorite gun is his 1911. "My wife's a .45 girl" he says.
.Don't push. If you try to push her to learn before she is ready and willing, she will resist even more.
Be patient. When she decides she is ready, take it at her pace. Let her choose which gun she would like to try and if she only wants to shoot one round, let her do just that. When I first started, I always wanted to watch my husband shoot it first.
Make it fun! If you want her to have lots of range time, make it as fun for her as it is for you. Suggest that you both go to the range together and then go out for a nice dinner. If you combine something each of you likes, pretty soon she may come around and start to just enjoy shooting.
Be proud. Wives like their husbands to be proud of them. If all she does is come along and watch you, let her know that you appreciate that she is trying and that you love her for that. It will make her try even harder to make you even more proud.
Don't lose hope. When my husband and I were first married, I had never touched a gun and had no desire to do so. After shooting the .22, I vowed I would never shoot anything of a higher caliber. But the pride thing got me- seeing my husband beaming with pride and my efforts made me want to "wow" him even more. Now he is proud to say his wife's favorite gun is his 1911. "My wife's a .45 girl" he says.
