Hi Guys,
Maryland born and raised guy here formally introducing myself. Unfortunately, I have been living in Michigan for the past three years. Unfortunate because all this time I kept my Driver's License in Maryland and didn't take advantage of the uninfringed privilege of being in this shall-issue state. Shame on me (and yes, I'm aware of residence/tax violations for doing this...)! But the good news is (or not), I will be moving back to MD in June or July.
To make a long story short, my wife allowed me to buy a firearm for home defense in late 2012 after weeks/months of begging. I brought home my first gun purchase, a Maverick 88 12 gauge shotgun in 20" barrel and 7+1 tube.. very nice to me! Her reason as I understand it now: just to shut me up about it...
In recent weeks, I've been itching to purchase another/more firearms. Most likely this is influenced by having a three month old daughter and want to see to it that I make it my responsibility to defend our lives during this day and age craziness is spreading like a disease and happening everywhere it seems. The first time I brought it up about again two weeks ago about buying a new gun resulted in unnecessary anger and emotional responses from her.. All of a sudden, my wife HATES the idea of having guns in the house, despite the fact there is one here already. It's either trade my shotgun in for something else or live with the one gun I have.. I've even been told that she'd prefer I own a pistol instead... to lately, guns are made for shooting and you don't need guns because only police/military do.... so yes, I'm in one of those touchy situations now where it's difficult to change the mind of someone who has forbid it.. almost like living in a people's republic. Moving back to MD doesn't put me at ease either lol.
I won't bore you guys any further but I have been looking forward to buying something new and I blame having a rather nice tax return to look forward to. Reading a lot about gun safety, responsible gun ownership, and blah blah blah, I still can't translate it into something that my wife can understand. I know I can't change her idea about guns or the power it gives people or other fictional beliefs she has concluded about guns because of TV, movies, and of course real life events, go figure. Buying a gun behind my wife's back, as she absolutely promises as an emotional response, will result in separation because of her hate/misunderstanding about guns in the house, otherwise, irreconcilable differences.... had I known prior..... (but I love my wife regardless)
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So wish me luck.. it's either convince the wife to compromise with me on this matter or... yeah.... I have my sights set (pun intended) on what she thinks is ridiculous of being a survivor with an armory (not a collection), food, shelter and protection... My line of thinking: I'd rather have it and not need it than not have it when I do need it...
Maryland born and raised guy here formally introducing myself. Unfortunately, I have been living in Michigan for the past three years. Unfortunate because all this time I kept my Driver's License in Maryland and didn't take advantage of the uninfringed privilege of being in this shall-issue state. Shame on me (and yes, I'm aware of residence/tax violations for doing this...)! But the good news is (or not), I will be moving back to MD in June or July.
To make a long story short, my wife allowed me to buy a firearm for home defense in late 2012 after weeks/months of begging. I brought home my first gun purchase, a Maverick 88 12 gauge shotgun in 20" barrel and 7+1 tube.. very nice to me! Her reason as I understand it now: just to shut me up about it...
In recent weeks, I've been itching to purchase another/more firearms. Most likely this is influenced by having a three month old daughter and want to see to it that I make it my responsibility to defend our lives during this day and age craziness is spreading like a disease and happening everywhere it seems. The first time I brought it up about again two weeks ago about buying a new gun resulted in unnecessary anger and emotional responses from her.. All of a sudden, my wife HATES the idea of having guns in the house, despite the fact there is one here already. It's either trade my shotgun in for something else or live with the one gun I have.. I've even been told that she'd prefer I own a pistol instead... to lately, guns are made for shooting and you don't need guns because only police/military do.... so yes, I'm in one of those touchy situations now where it's difficult to change the mind of someone who has forbid it.. almost like living in a people's republic. Moving back to MD doesn't put me at ease either lol.
I won't bore you guys any further but I have been looking forward to buying something new and I blame having a rather nice tax return to look forward to. Reading a lot about gun safety, responsible gun ownership, and blah blah blah, I still can't translate it into something that my wife can understand. I know I can't change her idea about guns or the power it gives people or other fictional beliefs she has concluded about guns because of TV, movies, and of course real life events, go figure. Buying a gun behind my wife's back, as she absolutely promises as an emotional response, will result in separation because of her hate/misunderstanding about guns in the house, otherwise, irreconcilable differences.... had I known prior..... (but I love my wife regardless)
.So wish me luck.. it's either convince the wife to compromise with me on this matter or... yeah.... I have my sights set (pun intended) on what she thinks is ridiculous of being a survivor with an armory (not a collection), food, shelter and protection... My line of thinking: I'd rather have it and not need it than not have it when I do need it...
} are a mite more prone to succumbing to them, it either takes a lot of time, patience, and reasoning, or an opposite but significant emotional experience.
Bottom line, not all women react the same, but it has been my observation of the female of the species that emotion plays a BIG part in their fear of guns ... and come to think of it, so does the rhetoric foisted upon us by the gun-grabbers.
She may be saying 'No', but she really means 'yes'. Use your low voice and give her a stern look and say, 'I'm the protector of our home and I need better tools.' Then point her to 
