TJDukit
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Well it has been a long road of getting my wife to accept guns and it has finally paid off. She is ready to get her own pistol now.
When I first brought my guns home when she was pregnant she was very reluctant about having them in the house. Then we moved to Utah and for I while I had to store my guns in the armory on base. By this time we had our daughter in the house. This made things even worse when I wanted to rescue my guns yet again. I was able to reassure her with trigger locks and by not having ammo near my guns. With my rifles I would even remove the bolt and store them seperate for a couple years. I still don't store my bullets anywhere near my rifles or shotgun.
Fast forward a few years and I am hunting in South Dakota. My friend shoots a deer right at sunset and on my way to help him out I spot cougar tracks. That gave me a very uneasy feeling as I was down to my last bullet and I had now idea how many he had left. Luckily we never saw anything else of it that night but we were still dragging a deer through the snow at night knowing there were cougars around. I thought then how much more comfortable I would be if I had a sidearm. This still didn't happen for another couple years.
Then back in 2010 I was hunting out in Morgan. Walking through the canyons on some amazing land we managed to score to hunt for free is also a little scary at night when you are by yourself and you look up and see nothing but rocks and out croppings a big cat could be hiding on. After some research I decided on a Glock 20 for my woods defense gun. The glock because I knew it would get abused and I didn't want a pretty gun I'd be afraid of scratching and they almost as reliable as a revolver. 10mm because it's a legal hunting round and can take down most anything in North America. I also decided that until I can get a more appropriate carry gun this would also be my CC weapon.
My wife was not a huge fan of the idea of me carrying a pistol around with me. I knew this was going to take a pretty good sales pitch from me. So I took her to impact guns when I went to look at the Glock and had the guy there show her how reliable the trigger safety was and had him explain to her that just because it doesn't have a "safety" switch it didn't mean it was any less safe. Still getting her used to the idea of me carrying around our daughter was going to be a challenge, at least I thought it would be really difficult. I honestly can't remember what argument I used to make her ease up on the idea, pretty sure it was a pretty standard argument anyone could make for carrying.
Now when we go out in public she does feel safer knowing that I am armed. I was talking to her the other day and asked how she felt about getting her own pistol and she actually got excited. I don't see this resulting in her carrying her own anytime soon but it will be nice to be able to go to the range and practice with her. Her hands are too small for mine and the 10mm is just too much for her anyway so when I get home we will be shopping for a pistol for her. I'm thinking just a .22 for her so it will be very easy to get used to. She already loves shooting my old Lakefield .22, which is probably one of the easiest and most accurate guns I've ever shot.
I know this is a little long winded but I just wanted to share with you guys that with enough patience it can be done.
When I first brought my guns home when she was pregnant she was very reluctant about having them in the house. Then we moved to Utah and for I while I had to store my guns in the armory on base. By this time we had our daughter in the house. This made things even worse when I wanted to rescue my guns yet again. I was able to reassure her with trigger locks and by not having ammo near my guns. With my rifles I would even remove the bolt and store them seperate for a couple years. I still don't store my bullets anywhere near my rifles or shotgun.
Fast forward a few years and I am hunting in South Dakota. My friend shoots a deer right at sunset and on my way to help him out I spot cougar tracks. That gave me a very uneasy feeling as I was down to my last bullet and I had now idea how many he had left. Luckily we never saw anything else of it that night but we were still dragging a deer through the snow at night knowing there were cougars around. I thought then how much more comfortable I would be if I had a sidearm. This still didn't happen for another couple years.
Then back in 2010 I was hunting out in Morgan. Walking through the canyons on some amazing land we managed to score to hunt for free is also a little scary at night when you are by yourself and you look up and see nothing but rocks and out croppings a big cat could be hiding on. After some research I decided on a Glock 20 for my woods defense gun. The glock because I knew it would get abused and I didn't want a pretty gun I'd be afraid of scratching and they almost as reliable as a revolver. 10mm because it's a legal hunting round and can take down most anything in North America. I also decided that until I can get a more appropriate carry gun this would also be my CC weapon.
My wife was not a huge fan of the idea of me carrying a pistol around with me. I knew this was going to take a pretty good sales pitch from me. So I took her to impact guns when I went to look at the Glock and had the guy there show her how reliable the trigger safety was and had him explain to her that just because it doesn't have a "safety" switch it didn't mean it was any less safe. Still getting her used to the idea of me carrying around our daughter was going to be a challenge, at least I thought it would be really difficult. I honestly can't remember what argument I used to make her ease up on the idea, pretty sure it was a pretty standard argument anyone could make for carrying.
Now when we go out in public she does feel safer knowing that I am armed. I was talking to her the other day and asked how she felt about getting her own pistol and she actually got excited. I don't see this resulting in her carrying her own anytime soon but it will be nice to be able to go to the range and practice with her. Her hands are too small for mine and the 10mm is just too much for her anyway so when I get home we will be shopping for a pistol for her. I'm thinking just a .22 for her so it will be very easy to get used to. She already loves shooting my old Lakefield .22, which is probably one of the easiest and most accurate guns I've ever shot.
I know this is a little long winded but I just wanted to share with you guys that with enough patience it can be done.
