I didn't vote due to the fact that my wife and I are both grown-ups...that means we are free to do as we wish and the word '
let' is not in our marriage/relationship.
Both my ex and current wife didn't/don't mind guns.
If they did, when something went bump in the night, I would '
let' them get up and deal with the situation.
An old friend of mine went through this with his fiance.
He loved to shoot and hunt. Had a house full of guns. He called me one night asking me if he could bring his guns to my house as his fiance and her daughter were moving in with him. I told him sure.
He brought them over and as I was helping him carry them in, he says "I can't believe I'm doing this". My reply was, "I can't either".
He said his fiance didn't want her 10yr old daughter around guns.
My response to him was, "who's responsiblity does your fiance feel it would be to defend her daughter and her if someone broke in the house at night?"
He left the guns at my house but was back in less than a week picking them up.
Joking with him, I told him at this rate, these guns are gonna have more miles on them then that raggedy old truck you're driving.
He said , "NO... I went home that night, walked in the house, went straight to the closet and pulled my baseball bat out. Walked over to her and told her, keep this close cause if someone breaks in the house, YOU can get up and run them off with this. I sure hope they aren't a child molester with a gun"
She thought about that for a couple days and told him the guns could come back.
They've been married about 3-4 yrs now and that daughter that mommy was so sincere about keeping away from guns has become daddy's best hunting partner.