docfubar
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My wife is somewhat supportive. She doesn't care for them but she see's the need for them and the need to know how to shoot them. I still think she's a keeper.
Is your spouse progun, antigun, or dont care
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Stevie-Ray
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Wife is neutral-supportive, and with what you wrote, you couldn't have come closer to what she would say if you'd asked her yourself.
But she might be a little more interested if she could physically shoot. And, over the years I have gotten a few guns for Christmas and my birthday, along with a Dillon reloader.
But she might be a little more interested if she could physically shoot. And, over the years I have gotten a few guns for Christmas and my birthday, along with a Dillon reloader.
2Ais4U
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I didn't vote because there was not a choice for me, my girlfriend is a fence sitter but im bringing her into the light.
My situation is much more difficult to describe and explain. I voted for the "I'm a husband and my wife is neutral supportive" option.
My wife was born and raised in Santiago, Chile. At age 12, the military overthrew the Allende government. She was pretty tired of walking, studying, working quite literally "under-the-gun".
For the first few years that we were married she was not so supportive. I finally figured her out.
Now, she gets penny-for-penny what I do. We have an agreement. She doesn't question what I buy; I don't question what she buys.
From time to time, she expresses interest not only in purchasing a pistol, but in getting her CCW. I wait for her to bring it up, then offer whatever support she needs or wants.
In closing, the fine lady has tolerated me, and firearms for 23 years now. She must be a keeper, and not for tolerating the firearms.
Doc2005
My wife was born and raised in Santiago, Chile. At age 12, the military overthrew the Allende government. She was pretty tired of walking, studying, working quite literally "under-the-gun".
For the first few years that we were married she was not so supportive. I finally figured her out.
Now, she gets penny-for-penny what I do. We have an agreement. She doesn't question what I buy; I don't question what she buys.From time to time, she expresses interest not only in purchasing a pistol, but in getting her CCW. I wait for her to bring it up, then offer whatever support she needs or wants.
In closing, the fine lady has tolerated me, and firearms for 23 years now. She must be a keeper, and not for tolerating the firearms.
Doc2005
Quoheleth
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Wife is anti-gun and generally unsupportive. I did give in to her demands over Christmas (got a Wal-mart card from someone) and bought a 10-gun Stack-on gun cabinet, clearanced for $60. She's given me a cautious green light to get another pistol, now. Also, I made a deal with her - she wants to go back to grad school, so I said i would back that if she let me get a CCL (after her initial "H&ll no" refusal). She said, "OK," but you married men know the kind of "OK" that I mean.
I feel like I have to sneak off to the range...I went one day on my lunch break and she called my cell. I called her back and when she asked why I didn't answer right away, I said i was shooting and didn't hear the phone. "What would have happened if there had been an emergency....." Good grief.
She doesnt like it when I load up the shooting bags, reload ammo, or even clean the guns in the house. I left a box of .22s on the bed one day (fell out of my Wal-Mart bag I guess) and when she saw it that night it was, "What is THAT doing in my bed???"
Ummmm....holding down the sheets so they don't float away now that you've started using that Ultra Soft detergent???? [Note: did not work at all!]
She also didn't care for the fact that I took our 10-year old daughter to the range in November, or that she wants to go again!!! I was so proud of our girl I took a pic with my camara phone. when I showed it to my wife, she physically cringed.
For all of you who say, "You gotta get her to a range and let her shoot," yeah, well, in Super Mario World that might work. Here in Quoheleth Land, it's stay low, move fast, and don't come home smelling of gunpowder or Hoppes #9.
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I feel like I have to sneak off to the range...I went one day on my lunch break and she called my cell. I called her back and when she asked why I didn't answer right away, I said i was shooting and didn't hear the phone. "What would have happened if there had been an emergency....." Good grief.
She doesnt like it when I load up the shooting bags, reload ammo, or even clean the guns in the house. I left a box of .22s on the bed one day (fell out of my Wal-Mart bag I guess) and when she saw it that night it was, "What is THAT doing in my bed???"
Ummmm....holding down the sheets so they don't float away now that you've started using that Ultra Soft detergent???? [Note: did not work at all!]She also didn't care for the fact that I took our 10-year old daughter to the range in November, or that she wants to go again!!! I was so proud of our girl I took a pic with my camara phone. when I showed it to my wife, she physically cringed.
For all of you who say, "You gotta get her to a range and let her shoot," yeah, well, in Super Mario World that might work. Here in Quoheleth Land, it's stay low, move fast, and don't come home smelling of gunpowder or Hoppes #9.
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Neo-Luddite
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Wife is an NRA Life Member. She really doesn't care much about shooting as a sport or hobby--her interests are practical.
Jeffreii
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That is interesting, as it seems that 'changes' their view (maybe in some cases). I was talking to my mom the other day, who is (like my dad, too, *sigh*) anti-gun. She totally does not like guns at all...they are wicked, vicious, disgusting instruments for evil blood thirsty savages. I tried to explain to her that there are more to guns than what you picture them as, and also that a gun is really no more than a 'hand tool' - the human is the 'killer'. Anyhow, after mentioning such uses as "just fun to shoot them" as a "reason to have one of those disgraceful objects" she said "It is fun to target shoot, I did a little of that before and it was fun!" I almost fainted! So perhaps it could work, atleast to a certain degree. However, she thinks it is 'fun to shoot' but still is pretty much against them, so much so that it took me by surprise to here her say that. She hates guns so much that even if you shot a killing thug, her response would be "you shot him!"
Limeyfellow
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I am not too surprised by the results. This is after all a firearms forum, even if I fall into the husband with a pro wife.
Mortech
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My wife is so pro gun she is trying to confiscate my beloved S&W 3913 AND my new M4gery !
TexasSkyhawk
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Told my wife when we first began dating, "Love me, love my dogs, love my guns--you'll go before any of us do."
Still have her after all these years. She's ever bit as pro-gun as me, and get this, was a pro-gun television reporter.
What a babe I've got!
Jeff
Still have her after all these years. She's ever bit as pro-gun as me, and get this, was a pro-gun television reporter.
What a babe I've got!
Jeff
My fiancee is completely anti-gun and unsupportive - but she wouldn't stand in the way of any firearms purchase, I bought a safe and as long as everything is locked up she can deal with it. My mother feels the same way yet loves to go to the range and punch some paper with my .22's... go figure.
Thain
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Hello, my name is Thain and my wife is a gun-aholoic.
BridgeWalker (f/k/a Delta9) is better than I am at getting to the range on a routine basis, but then again I'm not quite mad enough to want to shoot trap in twenty degrees, with six inches of snow, the day after Christmas...
But she was insane enough to marry me, so maybe I shouldn't expect too much by way of sane thinking. (Oh, she is going to make me pay for that one......)
BridgeWalker (f/k/a Delta9) is better than I am at getting to the range on a routine basis, but then again I'm not quite mad enough to want to shoot trap in twenty degrees, with six inches of snow, the day after Christmas...
But she was insane enough to marry me, so maybe I shouldn't expect too much by way of sane thinking. (Oh, she is going to make me pay for that one......)
arflattop
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My wife is very pro-2A, but other than willing to learn to shoot the SP-101 for defense, just has no interest in firearms. She encourages my interest and firearms purchases, but spends her money on more domestic items. However, she does love to ride the MC when it's warm. Now, if she'd just have a Fosters with me......................
Cannonball888
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My wife is pro 2A.
Unfortunately she couldn't bring the AK74 the Soviet soldier lent her for the photo to the US. Got her a Kimber Ultra Carry last week and applied for her CWP yesterday.
Unfortunately she couldn't bring the AK74 the Soviet soldier lent her for the photo to the US. Got her a Kimber Ultra Carry last week and applied for her CWP yesterday.
romma
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That's funny Mortech!
Your wife is a pro-gun gunbarabber...
rantingredneck
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My wife is neutral supportive.
I've taken her shooting a good bit, but not as much as I would have liked to. I usually have to twist her arm to get her to the range, but once she's there she has fun. She usually just has other things she'd rather do. I have not yet got her to take her CHL course or apply for her permit. She has half heartedly indicated she would once she gets done with school (this is her last semester!!!! Yay!!!!). I will say that I would not want her shooting at me since she generally hits what she's aiming at!!!
My father in law is a lifetime hunter so she was raised around rifles and shotguns. She did not have any exposure to handguns until we started dating and was a little paranoid about them at first. Once I got her beyond the "handguns are made for killing" bit she was cool with them and is actually a damn good shot for someone who shoots as little as she does. She doesn't give me any grief for carrying and I carry everywhere it's legal to.
I've taken her shooting a good bit, but not as much as I would have liked to. I usually have to twist her arm to get her to the range, but once she's there she has fun. She usually just has other things she'd rather do. I have not yet got her to take her CHL course or apply for her permit. She has half heartedly indicated she would once she gets done with school (this is her last semester!!!! Yay!!!!). I will say that I would not want her shooting at me since she generally hits what she's aiming at!!!
My father in law is a lifetime hunter so she was raised around rifles and shotguns. She did not have any exposure to handguns until we started dating and was a little paranoid about them at first. Once I got her beyond the "handguns are made for killing" bit she was cool with them and is actually a damn good shot for someone who shoots as little as she does. She doesn't give me any grief for carrying and I carry everywhere it's legal to.
browningguy
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Well, she's anti-me buying any more guns, but she did buy me a custom stock for my target rifle for Christmas. For some reason she thinks when your number of guns gets into the three digit range that should be enough.
Intrepid Dad
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I voted my wife as being neutral supportive, but I think I may have been too generous.
She knows I have a CCW and shoot regularly at my gun club, but she also doesn't want our children to know that I own a gun (I have two boys, 16 and 13, and a girl who is 14). She thinks they're not ready to handle it (despite the fact that my older boy will be a legal adult in less than 2 years). [As an aside, my guns are stored off-site so there's no chance my firearm-uneducated children will get a hold of them.]
So, she doesn't jump up and down hysterically that I own a gun, but she isn't ready to let it be an open part of our life.
She knows I have a CCW and shoot regularly at my gun club, but she also doesn't want our children to know that I own a gun (I have two boys, 16 and 13, and a girl who is 14). She thinks they're not ready to handle it (despite the fact that my older boy will be a legal adult in less than 2 years). [As an aside, my guns are stored off-site so there's no chance my firearm-uneducated children will get a hold of them.]
So, she doesn't jump up and down hysterically that I own a gun, but she isn't ready to let it be an open part of our life.
CoRoMo
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ProGun Supportive.
She really goes whichever way the wind blows, and I blow the wind.
She really goes whichever way the wind blows, and I blow the wind.
YZR
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I'm single but I wouldn't care what she thought either way. Golly...maybe that explains why I'm single
jahwarrior
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my old lady isn't really too cool with guns. she accepts the fact that i own them, but doesn't like it. she herself is a decent shot with a rifle and shotgun, but she she doesn't want anymore in the house, and doesn't enjoy shooting. her childhood is mostly to blame: she had a rotten childhood, with an abusive, drug dealing/drug addicted father who had guns around the house, and was a general scumbag. she equates guns with booze, coke, smack, and beatings. because of this, i don't try to change her mind; we just accept each other's feelings, and deal with it.
texas bulldog
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Zundfolge wrote:
mine isn't exactly anti spending money on them, just more conservative in her budgeting estimates. but she is also very pro-gun. i feel blessed in that regard.
mine isn't exactly anti spending money on them, just more conservative in her budgeting estimates. but she is also very pro-gun. i feel blessed in that regard.
stephpd
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Can't figure it out since I'm more of a city boy and my wife grew up on a farm with everyone able to use a gun. She doesn't have a problem with her mom having a ccw but doesn't like guns in the house or that I've gotten my permit. After 20 years of marriage, and I've never hit her, she thinks that now that I carry a gun I'll shoot her. Seem irrational to me.
Now as a east coast liberal who only recently bought a handgun and never been a big 2nd Amendment advocate I might seem like a contradiction. I've never seem the need(for me) to own an 'assault weapon' I also don't think my opinion should be imposed on others. As far as I'm concerned if you want a RPG or .50 cal machinegun and can afford it go for it.
And I've alway thought the 2A was an individual right that has been infringed multiple times. I don't believe in 'gun control' of any sort. I also think that if a felon is released from jail that they should be able to protect themselves and buy guns legally. Don't think any law stops them from getting guns and just feeds the black market of guns.
Can't figure it out since I'm more of a city boy and my wife grew up on a farm with everyone able to use a gun. She doesn't have a problem with her mom having a ccw but doesn't like guns in the house or that I've gotten my permit. After 20 years of marriage, and I've never hit her, she thinks that now that I carry a gun I'll shoot her. Seem irrational to me.
Now as a east coast liberal who only recently bought a handgun and never been a big 2nd Amendment advocate I might seem like a contradiction. I've never seem the need(for me) to own an 'assault weapon' I also don't think my opinion should be imposed on others. As far as I'm concerned if you want a RPG or .50 cal machinegun and can afford it go for it.
And I've alway thought the 2A was an individual right that has been infringed multiple times. I don't believe in 'gun control' of any sort. I also think that if a felon is released from jail that they should be able to protect themselves and buy guns legally. Don't think any law stops them from getting guns and just feeds the black market of guns.
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