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My wife (bless her heart) was raised very in a very anti-gun family. Her dad is a bishop, other family members and herself are preachers. She knew I liked the outdoors when we dated, knew I had firearms, as I taught three of her brothers to shoot.
When we married he had laid down the law, no guns in the house when we married. I soon ( had to wait for the california waiting period) intentailly broke that law bringing home a stray Dan Wesson 41 mag, and a Dan Wesson 357, she was upset.( ok , pissed off, stark raving loony and yelling would describe the behavior).
I explained that it was my job to protect her, and her job to protect herself. I was keeping tools in the house to accomplish that task. Also explained that it was my job too make sure she could defend herself, and as part of that obligation, I was obliged to show her how to operate the firearms. Explaining that if she knew how to use firearms, she then had the choice not to defend herself or our children with firearms, if the need arose.
However, I also let her know , if the need arose, and she decided to defend herself, and didn't know how, then it would weigh on me for the rest of my life, and I would have to seek comfort with that tanned blonde next door with the big............. er,
Well she did learn, and even had to pull a firearm, one night years later, as someone tried to enter the house.
Yes she was initially pissed off, and I had a day or two of tv dinners while she pouted, but we celebrate our 28 wedding anniversary in less than 60 days. She had to come to terms with the fact, that what I do was for the good of our family. The day she realized that, was the day she learned to trust my judgement.
I regularly ask her if she remembers that blonde..............
When we married he had laid down the law, no guns in the house when we married. I soon ( had to wait for the california waiting period) intentailly broke that law bringing home a stray Dan Wesson 41 mag, and a Dan Wesson 357, she was upset.( ok , pissed off, stark raving loony and yelling would describe the behavior).
I explained that it was my job to protect her, and her job to protect herself. I was keeping tools in the house to accomplish that task. Also explained that it was my job too make sure she could defend herself, and as part of that obligation, I was obliged to show her how to operate the firearms. Explaining that if she knew how to use firearms, she then had the choice not to defend herself or our children with firearms, if the need arose.
However, I also let her know , if the need arose, and she decided to defend herself, and didn't know how, then it would weigh on me for the rest of my life, and I would have to seek comfort with that tanned blonde next door with the big............. er,
Well she did learn, and even had to pull a firearm, one night years later, as someone tried to enter the house.
Yes she was initially pissed off, and I had a day or two of tv dinners while she pouted, but we celebrate our 28 wedding anniversary in less than 60 days. She had to come to terms with the fact, that what I do was for the good of our family. The day she realized that, was the day she learned to trust my judgement.
I regularly ask her if she remembers that blonde..............
