more gun control needed in MD. obviously.

Although Maryland already has some of the strictest firearms laws in the nation, members of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America said Thursday that the state needs to adopt new measures and remain a leader on gun control.

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fabsroman said:

Crap, I cannot read the article. Oh well, maybe we should for a group called "Dads Demanding Opposite Action"

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Pissing me off that they use the fact that they are moms to plead to people's bleeding hearts. Maybe "Moms and Dads Demanding Opposite Action" because I know my wife isn't for any of this BS gun control. She gets into debates with her Facebook friends online a lot about it. I think her eyes were opened about 14 years ago when we heard a loud noise in our townhouse. She thought somebody had broken into the house. She rolled over in bed and asked, "Did you bring that handgun from your parents?" At first, we had the discussion about guns in the house with kids around. After that night, there hasn't been a peep about it. Of course, I do my part and lock all the guns up all the time.

Anyway, this bleeding heart crap from within their McMansions needs to stop.

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Hawkeye said:

How about keeping it inclusive, and calling it "Parents Demand Protection." A group for parents who want to be able to protect their families.



My wife is no fan of guns, doesn't want to see them or hear about them, but when we had a group of guys try and get in our back door years ago, she was glad they were there.

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lazarus said:

Not to that degree with my wife. Though she is probably more uncomfortable/anti than your wife. She has still remarked on a few occasions about being glad I owned guns with things like killing a fox before it got in to her chickens. She sure enjoys the fruits of my hunting.

She has admitted her fear of guns isn’t really rational, but “I can’t help it. They make me really anxious”.

So it is much more near no evil, see no evil, speak no evil in my house. Then she can sort of try to pretend they don’t exist. She is hung up on one or two. Fabs knows why. Working on making happy wife, happy life. We don’t discuss gun control stuff much. We have some overlap and I’ve managed to get her to change her views some. She is a we but more comfortable than she had been and is even letting me take her shooting with a 22 (I screwed up our first ever range trip. Just don’t ask, it’s why I am in hot water over one or two things and doing a bit of downsizing in general).

But we aren’t ever going to see eye to eye.

She lets me take the kids to the range and hunting (with some limitations). Could be in a worse situation.

I send my letters and emails to my state reps.

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fabsroman said:

Hey now, my wife draws lines too. She drew a line in the sand in 2013. My 16th purchase that year caused some strife. Wanted to buy a STI 2011 for $2,000, and she said "ABSOLUTELY NOT"! After sleeping on it, I woke up with an epiphany. I'd buy the frame for only $650 and then finish the gun later on. Mentioned that option to her and she said, "Alright, but this is absolutely the last one for this year!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

A couple of months before that incident, as I was worrying and worrying about FSA2013, she came to me and asked me to print out a copy of the bill for her. About an hour later, she comes back to me and says "Does this right here mean that if I buy a handgun right now, I don't have to take the training course to buy a handgun in the future?" I responded in the affirmative and then she said, "Well, buy something for me then. Maybe a Sig like the ones you just got." So, my wife now owns a Sig in her name and if push comes to shove, she will get the HQL and buy any future handguns that we want.

She just drew a line in concrete the other day. She said alright to a RPR in .338 Lapua and a RPR in 6.5CM. However, getting a third in .308Win was a little too much to ask. Wait until I ask her to buy a couple of Burris XTRIII scopes for these rifles. It reminds me of my trip to the kite shop this summer in the OBX. I really wanted the $250 kite, but I told the gentleman there that $250 requires spousal permission. So, I made the phone call, explained the situation to my wife, and the shop owner could hear her through the phone saying "ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!! You can spend $100 or less on a kite and accessories!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The shop owner said, "Sounds like that went over like a fart in church." First time I had ever heard that phrase and I got a pretty good laugh out of it. I use it often now. I've been hinting at what the scopes are going to cost, just to get her ready for it. lol

I am lucky in that my wife had been clays shooting before I had even met her. She was a little hesitant about having firearms in the house with kids present, and we had a debate regarding when the kids would be allowed to shoot guns. Now, 15 years later, everything regarding the kids and firearms is left to my discretion.

She has no idea what a RPR even looks like, much less what .338 LM looks like. Hoping she doesn't ask me to get rid of the monster because it is too scary. Going to have to find the right time to broach the .50 BMG McMillan bolt gun subject to her. lol Been joking with her that the RPR in .338LM is good for shooting boyfriends out to a mile, as is a .50BMG, but the .50BMG is also good for shooting the engine block out of a boyfriend's vehicle.

We can commiserate together.

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