Many of you know I bought a P220, partly because Illinois law requires that a gun be cased and unloaded when off your property and a semi-auto allows me to load the magazine and thus stand a slightly better chance. I was under the impression that I'd told the wife this was my intent (and thus that my intent was to carry it in the car,) but apparently it wasn't clear. I picked up the gun yesterday morning, put 100 rds through it with great results, cleaned it, and the next time we were leaving the house I slipped the mag in my pocket and grabbed the case. This bothered the wife so much that I left it home, that time.
This is where it gets interesting. I sometimes forget that my wife has come a long way in a year and still has some sheeplike tendencies deeply engrained. She says we live in a "safe little town."
Now, she should know as well as I do that on the street I grew up on, there was one murderer and one stalker plus lord knows who else. But I responded that the world is not divided into "safe" and "unsafe zones," else we would simply not go to the unsafe ones in the first place, and also that bad guys have cars and you never know where you'll encounter them. Finally, I pointed out that the point of carrying when you don't think you need the gun is to get into the habit because you don't know when you'll need it--just as she buckled her seatbelt to go less than 3 miles to the store.
She seemed to accept this for now, but what do the rest of you say in this situation?
(In case you're wondering, I'm going back to the range this afternoon after work and Missy's coming along this time. I think a lot of her nervousness will disappear once she gets that .45 grin on her face.)
This is where it gets interesting. I sometimes forget that my wife has come a long way in a year and still has some sheeplike tendencies deeply engrained. She says we live in a "safe little town."
Now, she should know as well as I do that on the street I grew up on, there was one murderer and one stalker plus lord knows who else. But I responded that the world is not divided into "safe" and "unsafe zones," else we would simply not go to the unsafe ones in the first place, and also that bad guys have cars and you never know where you'll encounter them. Finally, I pointed out that the point of carrying when you don't think you need the gun is to get into the habit because you don't know when you'll need it--just as she buckled her seatbelt to go less than 3 miles to the store.
She seemed to accept this for now, but what do the rest of you say in this situation?
(In case you're wondering, I'm going back to the range this afternoon after work and Missy's coming along this time. I think a lot of her nervousness will disappear once she gets that .45 grin on her face.)
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