Sbowling79
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Yeah I can use a skill saw but trying to cut a hole and hide it in laminate flooring would be about the same as cutting a hole in the drywall and trying to hide it without mud and paint.
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I'm going to buy a gun. I don't care what the wife says
- Thread starter Sbowling79
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I'm glad the discussion went well. Several things...
Corneredcat.com
There are quick access locks for shotguns. They are a clamshell that can be mounted to the wall and they cover the action. You enter the password and the lock opens and yo can then use the gun. It might be the cheapest route for you right now. Save some money for a pistol.
One thing tha people forget about is identifying a threat in your home. You need a good flashlight next to the gun. Also my house is never dark. I have night lights that have a battery backup all over the house so if the power goes out I can still see.
I don't believe it's the mans job to protect the house. It is equally both parents. She should know how to access any firearms and how to use them proficiently. This really is only a couple hours of training over several weeks, but she should feel like she's capable of protecting the house too.
Corneredcat.com
There are quick access locks for shotguns. They are a clamshell that can be mounted to the wall and they cover the action. You enter the password and the lock opens and yo can then use the gun. It might be the cheapest route for you right now. Save some money for a pistol.
One thing tha people forget about is identifying a threat in your home. You need a good flashlight next to the gun. Also my house is never dark. I have night lights that have a battery backup all over the house so if the power goes out I can still see.
I don't believe it's the mans job to protect the house. It is equally both parents. She should know how to access any firearms and how to use them proficiently. This really is only a couple hours of training over several weeks, but she should feel like she's capable of protecting the house too.
"It's to protect our greatest assets honey, our family"
We live in NYC so getting the handgun permit was a challenge in itself. It took me a while to convince my wife that it was the right thing to do though. I grew up in FL and have gone clay shooting with my father since I was 12 and owned two shotguns. But getting my wife on the same page when it came to handguns was another story. I think one thing that definitely made it easier was Occupy Wall Street. At one point they were threatening to do some bad stuff.
Look, you can turn on CBS, NBC, etc. or simply open a newspaper and find some awful story about someone or a family who wasn't able to protect themselves. Even thought there's such a small chance of that ever happening to us, it's always better to be prepared.
We have two young boys (6 and 4). I keep my two SIGs locked in their boxes with trigger locks too. It would probably take me about a full minute to access them if I really needed to, but at least I know they're safe from little fingers.
Good luck!
We live in NYC so getting the handgun permit was a challenge in itself. It took me a while to convince my wife that it was the right thing to do though. I grew up in FL and have gone clay shooting with my father since I was 12 and owned two shotguns. But getting my wife on the same page when it came to handguns was another story. I think one thing that definitely made it easier was Occupy Wall Street. At one point they were threatening to do some bad stuff.
Look, you can turn on CBS, NBC, etc. or simply open a newspaper and find some awful story about someone or a family who wasn't able to protect themselves. Even thought there's such a small chance of that ever happening to us, it's always better to be prepared.
We have two young boys (6 and 4). I keep my two SIGs locked in their boxes with trigger locks too. It would probably take me about a full minute to access them if I really needed to, but at least I know they're safe from little fingers.
Good luck!
allenomics
New member
I'd reconsider your plan. Your wife needs to feel that the children are totally safe. She doesn't agree with you. So, by just going out and getting a gun and safe, she may be more afraid of you than a possible intruder. Relationship strained or over...or perhaps worse.
To me, the only issue is how to keep the gun from falling into the wrong (tiny) hands, not whether you should have one or not .. a small biometric safe attached to your bed or nightstand seems to be the solution, an excellent way to keep the gun out of the kiddies' hands and still have it close by ...
My wife was not a fan of my getting a gun until there was a murder in the house behind ours when we lived in Kahleforneeah ... and she wasn't a fan of my carrying until we got lost walking back to our B&B after a stroll along the River Walk in San Antonio and had to walk through a park at night ... when she leaned over and whispered, "You ARE packing, right?", I knew I'd won ... now trying to get her to quit saying "packing."
And I'm trying to picture showing up in the driveway with a new car I hadn't mentioned beforehand ... scares me just to think about it ...
My wife was not a fan of my getting a gun until there was a murder in the house behind ours when we lived in Kahleforneeah ... and she wasn't a fan of my carrying until we got lost walking back to our B&B after a stroll along the River Walk in San Antonio and had to walk through a park at night ... when she leaned over and whispered, "You ARE packing, right?", I knew I'd won ... now trying to get her to quit saying "packing."
And I'm trying to picture showing up in the driveway with a new car I hadn't mentioned beforehand ... scares me just to think about it ...
Edward429451
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Keep in mind that if you defy her, there will be a severance of trust.
Not necessarily so. It certainly depends on how it is handled, and how irrational she is being about it. You certainly should not base your actions on a paranoid irrational Wife. Just because she can not comprehend certain things, or takes a negative view of things due to media persuasion does not relieve the Husband of his reality and duties.
In my experience, giving her her way to keep the peace almost never helps. It may stop the argument today, but does nothing to address the issues.
Great post Edward.
At any rate, I guess a person has to ask themselves whether a 'severance of trust issue' in a marriage would be worse to deal with then the alternative of not being armed and something real bad happening.
I wouldn't hide the fact I was going to buy a gun for HD nor would I get it in a sneaky way or tell/promise her I'm not going to get one then get it. There would be no 'severance of trust' to it. I'd try to do it in the most tactful way I could. But when it comes to protecting the lives of my family, I would have the gun.
At any rate, I guess a person has to ask themselves whether a 'severance of trust issue' in a marriage would be worse to deal with then the alternative of not being armed and something real bad happening.
I wouldn't hide the fact I was going to buy a gun for HD nor would I get it in a sneaky way or tell/promise her I'm not going to get one then get it. There would be no 'severance of trust' to it. I'd try to do it in the most tactful way I could. But when it comes to protecting the lives of my family, I would have the gun.
Sbowling79, like you my wife was paranoid about having guns in the house in case the kids (and now grandchildren) might access them. Her problem was a basic misunderstanding about firearms in general. She had the idea that a gun is just dangerous even sitting on a table with no one near it. That was addressed by us taking a firearms safety course together. It was taught by rational reasonable people including an ex cop. She learned the basics about firearms and now is much more comfortable around them, but more about that later.
We addressed the problem of the kids accessing the firearms by installing one of those small Sentry Safes with the keypad in our bedroom closet. It is big enough to hold at least 4 handguns and I can get out of bed, take two steps and have it open and get my Stoeger Cougar and racked it about 5 seconds. I said the safe could hold 4 handguns, it doesn't. It has 2, my Cougar and my wife's Taurus 38 special snubby!
We addressed the problem of the kids accessing the firearms by installing one of those small Sentry Safes with the keypad in our bedroom closet. It is big enough to hold at least 4 handguns and I can get out of bed, take two steps and have it open and get my Stoeger Cougar and racked it about 5 seconds. I said the safe could hold 4 handguns, it doesn't. It has 2, my Cougar and my wife's Taurus 38 special snubby!