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Old 01-17-2013, 12:26 AM
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She and I have been having a lot of conversations about this.

She was brought up in a, "Guns are bad, mmkay." house. Her mother is AGHAST that I own a revolver, let alone a Ruger 10/22 Assault Rifle (snicker, her words).

My wife LOVES shooting, but the influence of her mother has her waffling at times. She is more comfortable with the idea of guns because I was a range officer at a Boy Scout camp for several summers, and she's watched me with my little ones when I have the guns out. My 5 year old and I discuss gun safety, and the rules for safe handling whenever she wants to look at them. (She thinks the 10/22 is awesome and can't wait until she's a little bigger and I teach her to shoot it. She also wants her own BB gun since in her words, she's too little for a rifle yet.)

My wife looked at me the other night and told me she was worried a bit about having guns in the house with the little ones. But then she watches the news, and says its because of the little ones that she is GLAD we have guns in the house.

My wife's response to today's stuff. If they can take our guns "for our own good" whats to say they can't take our kids? It is for that reason that she practices at the range. Mama bear isn't going to sit idly by while someone messes with her cubs.

(Heh, she then approved another purchase today as soon as I have the money to make it and find the right gun at the right price.)

I almost think its funny how the gun grabbers have now pushed her (a former fence sitter on the gun issue) to the point where she's wanting to buy. She figures if someone doesn't want her to be able to buy them as bad as they seem to there must be good reasons to have them. Haha
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History has shown places where,

The GUNS were Taken FIRST,

Then the Children Belonged to the STATE and were TAKEN TOO!
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Old 01-17-2013, 01:36 AM
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That's actually something we discussed. Knobs like Pierce Morgan like to say that people are crazy for worrying about this kind of thing. They like to believe that the Government going crazy and murdering people and stealing their children is impossible.

I then wonder if it seemed just as crazy in 1925 to think that in just 20 years several million men, women, and children would lie dead to the most efficient murder machine in human history. I know from historical accounts that the Americans who discovered camps were looking at the face of evil and STILL had a hard time BELIEVING what they were seeing.

I am just too much of a realist. Do I think something like that is likely? No. Do I think its impossible? Definitely not, impossible has been disproven too many times in history for me to bury my head in that particular hole.

For now though, my wife and I both really enjoy poking holes in paper at 1000fps. heh
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My wife was also brought up in an anti-gun household. She found the idea of shooting another human being repugnant.

Thirty years ago, she gave birth to our first child. Some where along the line, the "mama grizzly" took hold and she came to realize that she would do whatever was necessary to protect her children. I taught her to shoot.

Today she is the one that plans the hunting trips, realizing that meat does not come just wrapped in styrofoam. She's bought more guns in the past five years than I have. She shoots competitive high power and carries concealed. When my first grandchild was born, it was her idea that an NRA Life Membership for him would be a great welcoming gift. The circle is now complete.
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God help me. I'm part of a generation where guns have become more vilified. I hope I end up with a woman who is comfortable with having guns locked up in the house. It's hard enough finding one on the same side of politics as I am.
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God help me. I'm part of a generation where guns have become more vilified. I hope I end up with a woman who is comfortable with having guns locked up in the house. It's hard enough finding one on the same side of politics as I am.
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Old 01-17-2013, 10:47 AM
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God help me. I'm part of a generation where guns have become more vilified. I hope I end up with a woman who is comfortable with having guns locked up in the house. It's hard enough finding one on the same side of politics as I am.
Here is a tip for you....look to the south.


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Perhaps there is hope. I am very pleased to hear that good people are coming (pushed really) to the realization that their liberties matter.
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I then wonder if it seemed just as crazy in 1925 to think that in just 20 years several million men, women, and children would lie dead to the most efficient murder machine in human history. I know from historical accounts that the Americans who discovered camps were looking at the face of evil and STILL had a hard time BELIEVING what they were seeing.
In 1985 I stood in front of the ovens in Dachau and the smell was still strong. I walked through the showers where gas came from the shower heads and the doors on both ends slid open so bulldozers could push out the bodies. I walked through the bunk houses where starving men were forced to sleep on top of each other and were worked until they were near death. I saw the pictures.

I knew it was real and still could not comprehend how it could have ever happened.

This is why the second amendment was written. Power corrupts and weapons are power. If we could go back in time and arm every holocaust victim with a 9mm handgun how would history have changed?

Those weapons were removed slowly, over time and nobody ever suspected the unthinkable would happen.

We must learn from history.
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Katrina and its aftermath was all it took to change my wife's views.

We now shoot together often, and she's 'onboard' with all my acquistion plans.
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If it is important let it be a deal breaker. The world is full of good looking women that can cook and likes guns. Don't settle for less. Larry
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"We must learn from history."

What was that old saying? "He who does not learn from history
is doomed to repeat it".
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If it is important let it be a deal breaker. The world is full of good looking women that can cook and likes guns. Don't settle for less. Larry
Years ago, I was in elk camp with a 22 year old that was getting married in the spring. He shot his first elk, a huge 7x7.

I commented that it would look beautiful on a wall in full bugle mode. He told me that his fiance would not have allow him to have any mounts.

I suggested that it wasn't too late to cancel the wedding. I hope he listened.
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I once dated a gal that when she saw my deer head mounted on my living room wall told me that if I wanted her to come back, I either had to remove it or put a sheet over it.

Dropped her off at her house about an hour later....saw her for the first time in over 5 years two weeks ago in a convenience store while getting a soda pop. I think she got the point
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I then wonder if it seemed just as crazy in 1925 to think that in just 20 years several million men, women, and children would lie dead to the most efficient murder machine in human history. I know from historical accounts that the Americans who discovered camps were looking at the face of evil and STILL had a hard time BELIEVING what they were seeing.
Anybody who even bothered to think of the concept of a Holocaust in 1900 would almost certainly have predicted that it would have happened in Russia or FRANCE. After all, it was l'affaire Dreyfus, NOT die Dreifuss Affäre. Anti-Semitism was (and remains) a strong force in French culture. It took a precise set of circumstances and players to go from hate to industrial murder in Germany. Any one of them could have gone a different way and we'd have had a traditional "pogrom" against Jews, or nothing at all.

Modern leftists of the sort who propose gun bans are almost inevitably:
  1. ignorant of history
  2. willfully ignorant of history
  3. all of the above
As I once said to Godwin about his "law", "It's the intellectual crutch used by the historically illiterate to avoid the lessons of history learned by the educated."

The ignorant ALWAYS say "It can't happen here!"... until it does. All too often, they don't get to say much else after that.
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I knew it was real and still could not comprehend how it could have ever happened.
It's pretty easy really.

All it takes is for:
  1. people to say to themselves, "Just go along and we'll be alright."
  2. people to talk others into doing the same thing.
It's worked like a charm throughout history, from Stalin's purges, to the Holocaust, to Richard Speck, to 9/11, to the slaughter of the doctor's family in Connecticut.

Fortunately, to a great extent 9/11 has broken the spell of "Just go along and we'll be alright", at least for hijackings, and even increasingly, common violent crime. Hence the vast increase in those with firearms and CCW credentials.

More and more people are saying to themselves, "If I"m going to get murdered, I'm going to get murdered with a gun in my hands, or at least with my assailant's throat in my hands, and not cowering on my knees."

Needless to say, this sends anti-gunners into a white hot rage. My reaction? "Good".
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God help me. I'm part of a generation where guns have become more vilified. I hope I end up with a woman who is comfortable with having guns locked up in the house. It's hard enough finding one on the same side of politics as I am.
That's about how I feel. I detest my generation...the current college goers. Guns are bad, but the world is only filled with roses and nothing can go wrong
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My wife is learning to shoot. Times have changed and she has changed with them. I dont think her NJ parents are happy.
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Someone just sent me an email. It said,

"I saw a movie once where only the police and military had guns. It was called Schindlers List."

It happened there and it can happen here.
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Someone just sent me an email. It said,

"I saw a movie once where only the police and military had guns. It was called Schindlers List."

It happened there and it can happen here.
Many years ago, in response to the oft-repeated, "Without guns there would be no murders and violence!" I replied:

"What you're saying is that you want a world ruled by large, strong men with swords and axes. I believe we tried that. It was called the 'Dark Ages'."
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I asked my wife shortly after getting married, what happens if someone kicked in the door right now and charged us. Her response was I dont know. A couple months later we both had our Michigan CPL's and she bought a carry gun and carried before I did.

Sometimes it just takes common sense discussion...
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After 26 years married to a gun hater I got divorced and played the singles game. Then I met the current Mrs and I found a gem! She is a gun lover, was raised with a hunting father, was married to a hunter for a while, she loves to go to the range and shoot. She told me to make sure I signed us both up for the NRA. She went out and bought GROUPONs for both of us to take our CHL classes and tonight I have a tear in my eye as I type because she saw me eyeing a 629 online and she said.....BUY IT!

Oh ya, she has a 38 spl and a 20ga next to her side of the bed for HD. I love this woman!
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I asked my wife shortly after getting married, what happens if someone kicked in the door right now and charged us. Her response was I dont know. A couple months later we both had our Michigan CPL's and she bought a carry gun and carried before I did.

Sometimes it just takes common sense discussion...
My liberal sister would tell you to:
'get real' and
'nobody is going to come busting in the house' and ask if you're paranoid or what?

Even though it is happening all around her right now, and she lives in a perfect spot for a breaking and entering attack...

Some people refuse to be prepared.
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After 26 years married to a gun hater I got divorced and played the singles game. Then I met the current Mrs and I found a gem! She is a gun lover, was raised with a hunting father, was married to a hunter for a while, she loves to go to the range and shoot. She told me to make sure I signed us both up for the NRA. She went out and bought GROUPONs for both of us to take our CHL classes and tonight I have a tear in my eye as I type because she saw me eyeing a 629 online and she said.....BUY IT!

Oh ya, she has a 38 spl and a 20ga next to her side of the bed for HD. I love this woman!
As a side note, Groupon has cowardly caved to political correctness and has removed any gun-related offers, such as the concealed carry classes.
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I grew up in the South with a father who couldn't hit the broadside of a barn. He went to Korea with the admonition, "Doc, if they start shooting--duck!" My mom, from the North, had hunted pheasant and ducks but never went hunting or skeet shooting after she married Dad; my household was anti-gun by lifestyle, although the use of guns was never discussed. However, those days were days when doors were always open to welcome friends....

Would never allow guns in the house when kids were little; I had a friend commit suicide with a gun.

However, a friend became chaplain to the local police department. He did not carry, until he realized that if he was riding with a cop and there was a problem, he was putting the cop he was riding with at danger because he had no one to back him up. My friend went through the appropriate course and is now qualified like any other cop. That started me thinking.

Today one of my kids works night and has a CWP. When spouse and I talked to her, we committed to get a CWP as an example to her of how to be a responsible gun owner. We took the course and do our best to practice, not only shooting, but safety.

Now, I mentioned my friend the chaplain. I am also a minister. People have asked me how I could get a CWP and tell my child to get one, too. I did it for the same reason that my friend got qualified: to protect the life "next" to me--in my case, it could be my child alone where I can't help her, children at church, or people in the store that I happen to frequent. I trust in God, but I do what I can to prepare. David slew a fully armored giant with only a stone--but he had his stone and sling. Many churches, as well as all sorts of private institutions, are hiring security guards, but I can not ask another human being to do what I refuse to do myself.

I have colleagues that disagree, of course. We have dialogued about this and may continue to do so. Oh, if you didn't realize it--I'm also the Mrs.

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God help me. I'm part of a generation where guns have become more vilified. I hope I end up with a woman who is comfortable with having guns locked up in the house. It's hard enough finding one on the same side of politics as I am.
Don't lock them all up, won't do any good in the safe in the middle of the night. Just my opinion & my wife agrees.

She grew up in a non firearm household where as I grew up w/a loaded rifle or shotgun in every room (dad worked nights so it was just mom & us kids)...

After I got her out to the range a few years back & shooting she loves the sport & understands the need. My lady can shoot, she was a natural.
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Now, I mentioned my friend the chaplain. I am also a minister. People have asked me how I could get a CWP and tell my child to get one, too. I did it for the same reason that my friend got qualified: to protect the life "next" to me--in my case, it could be my child alone where I can't help her, children at church, or people in the store that I happen to frequent. I trust in God, but I do what I can to prepare. David slew a fully armored giant with only a stone--but he had his stone and sling. Many churches, as well as all sorts of private institutions, are hiring security guards, but I can not ask another human being to do what I refuse to do myself.

I have colleagues that disagree, of course. We have dialogued about this and may continue to do so. Oh, if you didn't realize it--I'm also the Mrs.
As you might guess from my screen name I, too, am a minister. It is refreshing to see another colleague discussing CCW. I have had my permit (here it is called CHP - Concealed Handgun Permit) for about six weeks. I carry 99.9% of the time. The only time I don't (excluding the illegal places like schools, etc.) is when I am leading worship services on Sunday. I wear a robe, so my S&W 9mm would print...really badly... However, I'm not too concerned for my congregation's safety. We have a retired 3 star general who carries, with my blessing (pardon the pun), and another gentlemen, an avid hunter, who also carries. I do carry while in the office at church. Unlike you, I have not dialogued with my colleagues who are in close proximity. All of them are far-left liberals...needless to say, we don't talk about politics either...

My wife, who was raised in a non-gun household, is now talking about getting her CHP and choosing a nice little compact 9mm pistol. Times they are a changin'...and we need to be prepared.
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A tour in Nam and 30 years as a LEO have left me with no allusions about society, my rose colored glasses came off a long time ago. Gun control should not be mistaken for crazy control, and is just an elixer to make those still wearing those rose colord glasses feel safe.

The cops will come if you need them but may not be there in time to save you. There is a reason it is called Self Defense.
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Thanks all for sharing!

For those of you worried about potential wives/husbands who are anti-gun. Or the feeling that your generation is all anti-gun, all I can say is this. Talk to them about it, invite them out to shoot and see what they think about it after being FULLY informed on the whole thing.

I've found that the VAST majority of anti-gun people are anti-gun because of the "Guns are bad, mm'kay?" mentality pushed by the media, and liberal indoctrination machines that are most schools. Most of them are scared of guns. They aren't anti-gun because of facts and figures, they are anti-gun because people have *ALWAYS* told them guns are bad scary things that kill people.

I have no issues with people who dislike guns. I have issues with people who hate broccoli without ever having tasted it. What I mean is you CAN'T know you like or dislike something without having tried it. Most folks hate guns because all they know is the drivel their media and teachers have driven home time and again. A trip to the range takes MOST of the fear out of the whole thing, and (as in my wife's case) may make a lifelong shooter out of them.
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Thanks all for sharing!

For those of you worried about potential wives/husbands who are anti-gun. Or the feeling that your generation is all anti-gun, all I can say is this. Talk to them about it, invite them out to shoot and see what they think about it after being FULLY informed on the whole thing.

I've found that the VAST majority of anti-gun people are anti-gun because of the "Guns are bad, mm'kay?" mentality pushed by the media, and liberal indoctrination machines that are most schools. Most of them are scared of guns. They aren't anti-gun because of facts and figures, they are anti-gun because people have *ALWAYS* told them guns are bad scary things that kill people.

I have no issues with people who dislike guns. I have issues with people who hate broccoli without ever having tasted it. What I mean is you CAN'T know you like or dislike something without having tried it. Most folks hate guns because all they know is the drivel their media and teachers have driven home time and again. A trip to the range takes MOST of the fear out of the whole thing, and (as in my wife's case) may make a lifelong shooter out of them.
AMEN brother!! It is up to us (gun enthusiasts) to educate friends and family. Imagine what would happen to the anti-gun thugs if every gun owner could help change the thinking of just one anti-gun person?!? Obama, Feinstein, Reed...they would see their support group (already a minority) dwindle away. I know...it sounds like a pipe-dream, but hope springs eternal!!
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My wife, who was raised in a non-gun household, is now talking about getting her CHP and choosing a nice little compact 9mm pistol. Times they are a changin'...and we need to be prepared.
I actually took the class twice with two different instructors before I felt comfortable sending the paperwork in. My second instructor tailored the class toward "gun newbies". There was a lot that I didn't know that people raised around guns did. The other surprise that I ran into--I find it much easier firing a large revolver than a small semi-automatic. I can't rack the semi-automatic well at all. I went through a couple of guns before I found one that I was comfortable with.

But when I practice I pray that the only thing I ever have to shoot at is paper targets, but that I will be ready for whatever happens.
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Anyone having trouble convincing the 'better half' re firearm ownership, just point out to her that disarmament is a critical deterrent to things like China's 'One Child' policy.

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AMEN brother!! It is up to us (gun enthusiasts) to educate friends and family. Imagine what would happen to the anti-gun thugs if every gun owner could help change the thinking of just one anti-gun person?!? Obama, Feinstein, Reed...they would see their support group (already a minority) dwindle away. I know...it sounds like a pipe-dream, but hope springs eternal!!
The silly thing is that once they get out, get the safety talk, handle a gun, and squeeze off a few shots, the next questions is almost always, "Why are people so adamant against these?" (actually the next question is usually, "Can I have more bullets?" then an hour later or so the other comes...)

Between my brother and I, we've converted at least 10 staunch, "Guns are scary! They should be illegal!" types.
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Having been single for some time now. I refuse to date liberal guys especially if they are gun control freaks. It's unlikely I'll meet anyone like that at my gun club or church and I won't date anyone from work even though I've had some offers.

There used to be a radio host in Philadelphia years ago. His name was Bernie Herman he could be pretty liberal on some things and he was a pretty interesting fellow for driving home at night from work. The thing though that separated him from his liberal views on some things was his belief that he should be able to keep any weapon he could shoot. The man was an older Jewish gentleman and clearly remembered the "Holocaust' He would say "when some Nazi jerk is coming up my front walk to put me and my family in a camp then ovens I want the right to keep a fully automatic Uzi to stop them from ever doing that again".

That used to make me feel good to know there were still people no matter what else you think about all the other issues remembering history and all those other issues take a back seat to basic freedoms.

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I was afraid of guns after I had a violent crime committed against me involving one. After that, I learned to shoot from my now husband of 27 years. I took a Firearms Safety Course a year ago sponsored by the local female sheriff and got my LTCF. The shooting in Connecticut was my deciding factor to carry. I want to be armed and trained so that I can protect myself in the home/on the farm or out and about as well as some other innocent person. Poor hubby though. When he gets home from work he yells that he is home and waits for my response before he walks through the front door. I asked him if he was afraid I'd shoot him and he looked me square in the eye and said "Yes!". We are both members of a local club and really enjoy shooting together.
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I actually took the class twice with two different instructors before I felt comfortable sending the paperwork in. My second instructor tailored the class toward "gun newbies". There was a lot that I didn't know that people raised around guns did. The other surprise that I ran into--I find it much easier firing a large revolver than a small semi-automatic. I can't rack the semi-automatic well at all. I went through a couple of guns before I found one that I was comfortable with.

But when I practice I pray that the only thing I ever have to shoot at is paper targets, but that I will be ready for whatever happens.
I've done some research looking for a class that is newbie and female friendly. My friend, the General, has sent several of his female family members and friends to a local range that specializes in training women to shoot, so I think my wife will be going there. We've already made plans to spend a few hours at a local range that offers guns for rent so she can try different models.

Our 13-year old granddaughter (whom we are raising) has already said she plans to get her CHP the minute she turns 21. This gives me hope for our younger generation!! My only concern with both of them is they both like buying shoes...and I'm hoping that behavior doesn't relate to gun purchases. I'm bad enough about wanting a new "toy" all the time, but with two more in the family we might end up with one heck of a collection of guns AND holsters...
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only concern with both of them is they both like buying shoes...and I'm hoping that behavior doesn't relate to gun purchases. I'm bad enough about wanting a new "toy" all the time, but with two more in the family we might end up with one heck of a collection of guns AND holsters...
Some would say that was a good thing. At least guns hold better resale value lol.
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Some would say that was a good thing. At least guns hold better resale value lol.
LOL...very true!! And of course, I would HAVE to try any and all guns purchased...just to make sure they're in good working order. And that testing might take several weeks...
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My wife had never fired a gun before we met. Our 10th anniversary is in two weeks and her gift is a Colt DS. (Her choice; she traded the J-Frame my sister gave her towards the Colt. What's a guy to do?)

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Having been single for some time now. I refuse to date liberal guys especially if they are gun control freaks.
Hahaha Women have always had the leisure of being able to be more selective than men. (At least in my experience!) I don't advocate lowering one's standards necessarily either. I am just saying most Antis are anti because of ignorance. (regrettably willful ignorance in many cases, and THAT is a deal breaker for me.)

Of course, I am from Montgomery County PA (so right near you) I wonder if we know some of the same Liberal gun control type guys... some of them... well its like talking to a wall. I'll at least hear their arguments out first, they act like you're kicking their brand new Christmas kitten if you disagree.
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Our 13-year old granddaughter (whom we are raising) has already said she plans to get her CHP the minute she turns 21. This gives me hope for our younger generation!!
Haha! I was lucky enough to find a Ruger 10/22 a few weeks ago (I swear I got the last one in Lancaster County!) and grabbed the kids and ran them over to pick it up.

My 5 year old little girl and 2 year old little boy were angels at the shop, and they brought not a few smiles to the people working and shopping. They pet the fox pelts, they said, "Hi Bear!" to the bear head mounted on the wall, and they asked a lot of VERY astute questions for being as small as they are.

My daughter wanted to know why I didn't just hand over my money and leave the store new gun in tow. I had to explain that we were waiting while the employee ran a background check on me. She wanted to know why I needed a background check, so I told her that the store owners wanted to make sure that I wasn't a bad guy before they sold me a gun. She then thought about that a minute and asked, "Do bad guys sometimes shoot people?" So I had to explain how bad guys do sometimes shoot people, and that was why we wanted to make sure only good guys could buy guns. She thought about that and decided that it was ok for good guys to have guns because they can then shoot the bad guys before they hurt people. (I was super proud of her!)

Her next question was, when she is old enough, can I teach her how to shoot a gun too! She even thought about that for a minute and said that she is too little to shoot a gun now though, so maybe I should get her a BB gun to start with.

Needless to say, I am now trying to decide whether I want to go with a BB gun or maybe an airsoft gun so she can have a gun to learn basic safety and shooting until she is big enough to graduate to her own .22 (She thinks the pink Cricketts are wonderful, LOL)
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Haha! I was lucky enough to find a Ruger 10/22 a few weeks ago (I swear I got the last one in Lancaster County!) and grabbed the kids and ran them over to pick it up.

My 5 year old little girl and 2 year old little boy were angels at the shop, and they brought not a few smiles to the people working and shopping. They pet the fox pelts, they said, "Hi Bear!" to the bear head mounted on the wall, and they asked a lot of VERY astute questions for being as small as they are.

My daughter wanted to know why I didn't just hand over my money and leave the store new gun in tow. I had to explain that we were waiting while the employee ran a background check on me. She wanted to know why I needed a background check, so I told her that the store owners wanted to make sure that I wasn't a bad guy before they sold me a gun. She then thought about that a minute and asked, "Do bad guys sometimes shoot people?" So I had to explain how bad guys do sometimes shoot people, and that was why we wanted to make sure only good guys could buy guns. She thought about that and decided that it was ok for good guys to have guns because they can then shoot the bad guys before they hurt people. (I was super proud of her!)

Her next question was, when she is old enough, can I teach her how to shoot a gun too! She even thought about that for a minute and said that she is too little to shoot a gun now though, so maybe I should get her a BB gun to start with.

Needless to say, I am now trying to decide whether I want to go with a BB gun or maybe an airsoft gun so she can have a gun to learn basic safety and shooting until she is big enough to graduate to her own .22 (She thinks the pink Cricketts are wonderful, LOL)
Outstanding!!! A quote came to mind when reading your post:

"Train up a child in the way he [she] should go: and when he [she] is old, he [she] will not depart from it." - Proverbs 22:6

You, sir, are doing it right! I was also reminded of an old TV show with Art Linkletter - Kids Say the Darnedest Things! Kids are honest and open...and often have more common sense than many adults, especially those in Congress and the White House! It seems your daughter is already wise...she must have a very good teacher (or two) at home...
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My 5 year old little girl and 2 year old little boy were angels at the shop, and they brought not a few smiles to the people working and shopping.
My daughter wanted to know why I didn't just hand over my money and leave the store new gun in tow. I had to explain that we were waiting while the employee ran a background check on me. She wanted to know why I needed a background check, so I told her that the store owners wanted to make sure that I wasn't a bad guy before they sold me a gun. She then thought about that a minute and asked, "Do bad guys sometimes shoot people?" So I had to explain how bad guys do sometimes shoot people, and that was why we wanted to make sure only good guys could buy guns. She thought about that and decided that it was ok for good guys to have guns because they can then shoot the bad guys before they hurt people. (I was super proud of her!)
Maybe she should run for Congress! She doesn't have the age yet, but she has a LOT MORE common sense than many that are in there!!!
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There is an excellent article on another thread:
That We are Endowed by Our Creator - A Christian's Look at God and the 2nd Amnd.
It would be a good one to read and to discuss with a spouse or child when weighing the responsibilities and benefits of a CWP.
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The first things I learned when I first met the woman who is now my wife (our 28th wedding anniversary is in two weeks) is that she did not own a TV, that she was a conservative and that she liked to shoot. What more did I need to know? Oh, we still don't own a TV -- but we have lots of guns!
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