dating women and guns???

My wife comes from a country were private gun ownership is extremely rare.

During our courtship, guns never entered in to it. (Although her father did have a gun.)

We were married for several years before she decided she wanted to shoot. I loved her before then and everyday I love her even more.

Although she has no intentions of ever carrying a concealed weapon, she does want to take the CCW course. Since becoming an American Citizen, she has realized the only way to make things better is to become engaged and be counted.

I am glad I did not "Discount" her because of her views on guns.
 
First time my wife visited my apartment .She asked what's with all of the PEPPER on the coffee table.I said that's not pepper it's PISTOL POWDER .It was my reloading bench at the time . :eek:
 
She had never touched a gun before but our first date was shooting 22 rifles. She had a blast and liked guns but wasn't comfortable with me carrying one. Until she got uncomfortable and wished that I carry all the time.

I find myself wanting to agree with the premise that the girl is bigger than the gun, and it shouldn't be a deal breaker if she doesn't like guns...but then critical thinking kicks in and I have to think, if she is so naive to be against guns and not the man holding it, perhaps this is the red flag that this girl should be avoided. She may have other bad traits.

Whats in a gun that a woman wont like? Food? Protection? Her political beliefs are bigger than these drives? Red flag.
 
My wife won't let me date women anymore, so I only date guns.

But on the positive side, she goes along for a threesome all the time. :D
 
I asked a few women out to the gun range with me and they say noo. Not really against them but they dont want to. So far its 3 to 0 asking them out to the range, I think its a bad start.
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Might be a blessing.. Last time I was at the range my lady shot up
all my .45 ammo..that was expensive! :eek:
 
The story of my wife and guns(well short version).

We dated and i carried,she didn't know till we got into heavy petting.After that she told me guns weren't for her.I told her about how i love guns and hunting and even encouraged her to join me shooting.

Later we got married and i still carried,which she didn't like.After about a year of marrage she actually accused me of cheating on her because i was always slipping away to the range.I got so miffed that i told her that she either needed to come with me or shut up and get a divorce already.

She reluctantly went with me and i accidently took along several smaller guns just in case she wanted to shoot.To my delight she agreed and shot my .22 then snubby 357(38's) and loved it so much,she never put the dang thing down.

She eventually liked them so much(and a bad situation)she started carrying it.Later she wanted an upgrade and i told her to pick out whatever gun she wanted,i would buy it for her.She wanted and picked out a glock 23 hasn't looked back since.

She now has a 410,glock 23,marlin .22 and a walther 32 and she can shoot anything i got with the exception of my 12 gauge(she won't try YET).
 
Springing the gun issue day 1 might be a bit soon. Though, it does need to be sorted early on in a relationship.
Many women might not think a day at the range is particularly romantic. Who knew?

The important thing is that she has no particular opposition to your current and future pursuit of the firearms hobby. Her level of participation can be sorted out later. Sometimes indifference/tolerance is good enough.

My first wife became an emotional basket case whenever firearms were brought up. Come to think of it, she was an emotional basket case whenever we discussed anything she didn't care for. Could explain the divorce...
 
9mm said:
Do any of you guys GF/WIFE dislike guns? how is that for you at home?
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My girl and I are actually learning to shoot together, we have an 8 hour handgun training class scheduled in VT coming up. Originally she didn't want a gun around, not out of any dislike for the hardware itself but more because it seemed like a frivolous expense. Neither of us feels unsafe where we live, intends to carry or hunts so when she asked me why I wanted one my only honest answer was because my parents were very anti-gun and I never had the opportunity to handle one before. After a while she realized it wasn't just a passing interest and decided it'd probably be fun to hit the range on occasion, she still doesn't see the need to purchase one herself, yet, but as long as I'm willing to budget to get one or two she knows I'm always willing to share. I did have to agree to keep all live ammunition out of the house, that doesn't bother me since I really only want it for the range.
 
Seems like foreign women and chicks from the country have more common sense than the city girls. Guns are just another implement to them, like an axe or something. Not to be scared of.

City girls go Ewww get that out of my house or I'll call a Hotline!!
Country girls go I put your gun up, I might keep it. :D
 
I've had a few special lady friends who weren't into guns, but we had other things in common, so that worked out. There's no need to push, and guns aren't the only interest in my life.

If someone registered a domineering hostility to me practicing a hobby, though, that would be a deal-breaker.
 
Like Tom said, it's just one interest. The only real deal-breaker would be if she constantly made it a point to let her know of any anti-firearm ideas she might have.

But, it is pretty cool to watch your girlfriend giggle like an 8-year-old on Christmas after each shot on your AR.

...your .50 Beowulf AR. :D
 
Never really had an issue with it so far. Most understand it is an interest of mine, and thus some part of my life, beyond that its not normally discussed beyond, "Im going to the range, want to come?" with a "no" as the usual reply. A few have had some interest, but nothing huge.

With my terrible luck in my only real long term relationship of 14 years in the past, I tend to look at the overall picture for someone that is compatible in the major ways, while being understanding of each others quirks in life. I could not deal with someone that was absolutely against it, but can deal with someone that is at least tolerating of it. Every person has their good and bad, so its about finding what works, and a bit of a compromise at times too.
 
when I met my wife 10 years ago, I told her that I carried, and that it would never change, she said OK can you teach me to shoot? I said sure. she now has a 22 rifle , a 20ga pump gun, and a 9 mm pistol. She doesn't shoot too much these days (once every couple of months or so), one of the gals at her work does black powder," mountain man " re-enactments (flintlock & percussion), that's when she goes. My 14 yr old is my new shootin partner.
 
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