Is your spouse progun, antigun, or dont care

[mpmarty]

Gee, I dunno; My wife has two 9mm makarovs one by her side of the bed the other on her desk in the home office and for Christmas she got me a Chronograph. Last Christmas she got me a new larger Browning gun "safe" and reminded me about the one gun a month rule, where I HAVE to buy at least one a month.

 

[Snapping Twig]

My wife was tolerant of my habit, until that one night (and another couple to follow) 20 years ago where I saved our lives by having a .45acp at the right time and stuffed it into some BG's faces convincing them to leave and never return. Now she and our daughter are quite supportive of such things.

I was in a "gun free" zone, so the BG's thought they had free reign, but in breaking that stupid law, we are alive today.

No one was harmed because an adult had a firearm at the right time.

 

[huff]

It seems that the majority of you lucky
She hates the bike (H.D.) I ride.
And now she hates the fact that I have started to shoot again and have weapons in the house, I mean in the garage, locked and hiding, don't want her to find them when I not there.
She will be real happy when she finds out that Tues. when I get back into town I will have a new SR9. O well she did not kick me out over the bike, I'll probably be allowed to stay. ( we do have 2 small ones, her only defense)

 

[The Law]

The wife is seriously anti-gun. I think it's mostly ignorance and her liberal upbringing.

I've been steadily undoing both.

 

[mikenh]

My wife allows me to have my gun habit , her fear of having guns in house is palpable. i appreciate her for respecting my love of guns , and respect her fear. but i am frustrated with her trepidation , especially since she is reluctannt to inform herself and even consider the fact that there might be a rational reason ( especially in these changing times ) to arm one' self. Especially since the makeup of the local inhabitants has changed from responsible family loving individuals to ( for lack of a better word ) "Thugs" and seedy characters. is it wrong fo me to want to protect myself ( i know i'm preaching to the choir here) , my family and all i have worked hard to achieve ( house, family, lifestyle???)by owning a gun ?? i don't think so.

 

[chrlefxtrt]

Wife is pro gun

I almost proposed to her on the spot when she showed me her.........10/22

 

[ColinthePilot]

Not married, or close even. My girlfriend is Neutral-supportive. I haven't had a chance to take her to the range yet (she's off at college) and she seems reluctant to go. I keep telling her that if she just gives it a chance, she'll probably like it, and if not, she never has to go again. She has told me that its "hot" that I carry a gun, though. So I got that goin for me.
As for the other women in my life, my mom is neutral-teetering between neutral and unsupportive. She wouldn't let me keep guns in the house I rented from them, so I didn't tell her. I never told her about the times I visited during college and loaded up my pistol she wouldn't let me have. My sister is pro-supportive, likes shooting but she will likely never own or carry.

 

[denfoote]

My wife confiscated my custom Glock 26, for God's sake!!

She's a self proclaimed "Glock Girl" now!!

 

[swifteagle]

When we first married she was not anti gun, but was afraid of them and did not like the idea of having any in our home. After I finally convinced her to go shooting with me (she always resisted & had a million excuses as to why she couldn't on any given invite) I taught her the safety rules & she ended up having a blast at the range - she even turned out to be a very good shot. She now loves the shooting sports & is fine with the fact that we have a safe with guns in it in our home. We now often go together to the gun range on date night. Much more fun than a movie. She also now likes the fact that I always have a gun on me where before she didn't like it so much. We also went through the process of giving our children gun safety & hunter education training as I think that is very important not only in case they ever run into one of my guns, but in case they run into one at a neighbor's home. My family all love going to the range with me - even more than going to the movies or playing video games.

 

[Doug S]

My wife is very supportive, and actually insists that I carry when we go out. She sees the realities of the world, and figures, why bother to have the permit, if your not going to carry. Actually, she just went out and got her concealed carry permit. She recently accompanied me to the range, and is trying to decide what she prefers more a G26 or SP101.

 

[Keegan]

My wife started out neutral unsupportive, but has recently started showing some interest in guns. I even got her to take some shots with a C02 pistol the other night and she said she'd go to the range sometime. Hopefully she'll be pro-gun soon!

 

[DougDubya]

She's now addicted to shooting. Sad thing is, she's a better shot than I.

 

[Huddog]

I have been married longer than guns have been in my life. She is basically neutral but accepts my definition of the 2nd Amendment. "Shall not be infringed" means just that. She will occassionally go to the range and is a much better natural shot than I. She just doesn't take the time to be interested in guns. She knows how to safely handle revolvers, so that is what she chooses to shoot but has no real interest in pistols. She supports me and I support the right to keep and bear arms so although neutral she is very supportive.

 

[bikerdoc]

my wife of 20 yrs is very pro gun, carries daily and is a great shot. a good sat. is a trip to the range on our motocycles, then out to dinner( we clean the guns first)

 

[ARS1911]

My soon to be wife is pro gun and for a younger woman she sure does like to put rounds down range. she even scheduled our wedding so we could go to the knobb creek machine gun shoot for our honeymoon. I think I might have a winner

 

[marksman13]

First of all, great selection of choices. I chose "neutral-suppportive". My wife enjoys shooting and supports my Second Ammendment rights, but she is not as active as I am. She would never go shoot by herself, and often chooses not to shoot with me, but she loves her Henry H001.

 

[MikePGS]

I don't have a wife, but i do live with my girlfriend (in sin presumably). She doesn't like the fact that i spend so much time looking up information about guns, but she thinks having one in the house is a good idea, and enjoyed it the sole time so far I've taken her shooting (she used a ruger mark II and did very well). Of course, we won't be able to go for some time now since she's pregnant and I'm sure the loud noise won't be good for her, and due to my over cautiousness I don't want her to be even slightly exposed to lead if at all possible.

 

[BigBadJohn]

My wife hates guns. Me and the 3 kids though are pro.

 

[rainbowbob]

I only recently obtained a license and a CC revolver (at age 56).

My wife is not comfortable around guns. I have convinced her that it makes sense to have one in the bedroom when we are sleeping as a defense against home invasion. But she does not want me to carry when we are together outside the home. I know...it isn't logical. My wife reacts emotionally to most things - not logically. We've been married 32 years, and that's just the way it is.

My reason for carrying has a lot to do with my desire to be able to protect her if need be. My intent is to make her feel more secure. But she insists she feels less secure. She agrees that I am a responsible, loving husband - so it's not me she is afraid of. I've made many of the arguments about how we are safer if I am proficient and armed. But as I said - logic is not going to win the discussion.

We are a team that tries to make decisions we both can live with. For the first 30 years of our marriage, I had not expressed any particular interest in carrying a gun. So I have agreed that if my carrying causes her to feel less safe and less secure, I will not carry when I am with her unless and until she agrees that it is a good idea.

Unfortunately, it is hard to reconcile her feelings with my belief that self-defense is more feasible with the proper tool. Carrying without telling her is not an option, because we both consider mutual trust to be important.

If I had been armed when we met (in 1974), it would have been understood that I would continue to carry. She could have made her choice to be with me based on that information. Ironically, one of the first times we spent the night together (hey…it was the 70’s), we were rudely awakened by an idiot friend-of-a-friend who thought it would be hilarious to burst into our room brandishing a handgun. Not funny. That incident probably didn't help with her fear of guns.

My strategy now is to show her that I respect her feelings, and continue to train and carry when I am not with her. I also point out incidents in the news that had a good outcome because the good guy was armed, or would have had a better outcome if the good guy was armed. As we all know, these news stories aren’t hard to find. And they do make an emotional impact on her. I hope she will come around eventually if I am patient and respectful.

 

[BlazingAngel01]

My girlfriend of 2 years is neutral. Likes rifles but wont step near a handgun. Hates that i have a Home defense weapon at the ready. Her dad likes them and wants one or two (he is a AF NCO), but her mom is very Anti.

 

[1200 meters]

The wife has purchased a Springfield M1A NM and An 1874 Sharps (Quigley model) in 45-110 for me. wish she'd be more supportive. blitz

 

[hamourkiller]

My wife is pro gun and confiscated my Car-15 AND my Colt .45 Combat Elite!

 

[greyman01]

When I met her, she was very anti-gun. Then she saw real gun owners and started moving away from anti, into neutral. Then it was OK for some to own, but not all because people have a hard time being responsible, "if they were all like you and careful, I wouldn't mind".

Then the whole Katrina situation unfolded. I was visiting family outside the US at the time(much better news coverage BTW). I came home to "I need to learn how to use a gun real well. I'm not going to end up like that ever!"

So In just a couple years she went from an anti-gun-nut to owning her very own AR15, taking the pro 2nd Amendment arguements, and writing our representatives.

Now I'm working on her anti-gun brother. I have an 'in' already. We had some bad weather and he lost power for a couple weeks. He was worried about keeping the rabble away from his home preps. He told a small party about how he didn't like the vunerable feeling he had thinking about how he would be unable to keep criminals from taking what he had. I told him there's a tool for that. This one will take some time.

 

[willbrink]

I had a wife who was not supportive, so I fired her.

 

[Win75]

I voted Pro-Gun Supportive but once in a while my wife gets a little intense about a handgun in the vehicle. Missouri is a legal carry state for concealed in the vehicle, BTW.

Mostly she is OK with it but once in a while, NOT. I have not figured out her shifting reasoning yet.