I was just wondering if anyone had any tricks on how to convince your wife to let me have a handgun in the house. She says it's not safe-
Well, if used improperly, cars aren't safe either. Nor are knives, chain saws, lawn mowers, car jacks, anything electrical, boats, hand dyers (just read the warning label sometime) ... etc.
Talk to her about wanting one more from the perspective of it being a hobby. To say my wife hates guns would be the understatement of the year, but after 7 years she has finally come to tolerate them as guns are my only hobby. But recently, she has also become accepting of my viewpoint that if something bad DID occur, my biggest fear would be being powerless to do anything about it.
I think I've come to the conclusion to get one and have a safe and eventually she will get used to it.
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. If you really want to **** her off (I mean to the point of her shoving your new safe where the sun don't shine), then go ahead and do it.
I did finally get reluctant agreement from my wife to allow a gun in the house 7 years ago. Even with that, we have had some MAJOR arguments over the years. Our marriage nearly ended in divorce a couple different times. Only recently have things become more conciliatory, where we both respect each others differences, likes and dislikes (I agree not to try to get her into guns and try to keep them out of her sight as much as possible, and she agrees to respect my enjoyment of my hobby and my desire to be her and our son's protector). Finally, after the long hard road, we may finally be figuring out a way to accept each other's differences and live in harmony.
I promise, going out and "getting a gun anyway" will likely end in disaster for your marriage. As I said, even getting buy in (albeit, shakily) from my wife resulted in years of strife.