I try to get on at least a few times a day, but sometimes my girlfriend has other plans. She's one of those "permanently condition white" people, but I'm doing my best to try to get her to take notice of all that's going on at this point in our society and our government. I even got her to go with me to the gun shop this week.
Not to demean her in any way, but she's a product of Chicago's public school system. For those of you familiar with Illinois law, I finally got her to apply for her FOID so we can enjoy trips to the range together.
I know I'm going off topic here, but I'm wondering what I can do to get her to join the cause.
She's not very book smart, but posesses quite a bit of common sense, although she isn't very keen on using it for something that doesn't affect her directly.
In contrast, I'm quite the opposite. I scored a 98% on the ASVAB when I tried to join the Navy, and they wanted to put me in the Nuke program, but I decided not to join for personal reasons. Let it also be noted in the record that I'm somewhat lacking in the common sense department, but when it comes to issues close to home such as our rights, I get very involved.
She hates reading. She gets mad when I so much as open up one of my favorite car magazines or G&A or American Rifleman, to name a few.
Conversely, I can sit down and just drown myself in a good book. To give an example, it took me a total of 30 hours over 4 days to read "Unintended Consequences" cover to cover, and I'm working on The Federalist Papers at the present moment
She constantly tells me that she wants to be interested and to get involved in the things that I am, but she wants me to explain it to her and to tell her why it's important to me.
I'm not a great communicator, and I've been looking for advice on how to get her involved in RKBA issues without turning her off with stuff she can't understand.
She is familiar with firearms, and I've taught her the four rules. She hasn't shown any fear in regards to guns either. (She said she wants to buy me a Sig 229 for my B-day 'cause it looks neat, and she bought me the HK/Boker linerlock for X-mas!!)
Does anyone have any advice on how I should go about trying to get her involved? Thanks in advance for any help and suggestions offered.