My wife of over 51 years has never fired a gun of any kind. Over many years she has gone from someone terrified to be around guns to someone who understands why I love them and the only question she has asked when I bought the last few was "do you have room for it?" When she sees or hears about violence, she sometimes says "they needed a gun."
While I was gone today, someone came to the house promoting something to do with kids. He was young and didn't say or do anything out of the ordinary but he made her nervous.
As we were sitting in the family room, she looked over to where I keep some of my guns and asked if they were locked up. I told her all of my guns are always locked up. She said she wanted me to give her an unloaded gun. When I asked her why, she said she might someday need to point it at someone to get them to leave. I wouldn't dream of doing it but she was serious.
While I was gone today, someone came to the house promoting something to do with kids. He was young and didn't say or do anything out of the ordinary but he made her nervous.
As we were sitting in the family room, she looked over to where I keep some of my guns and asked if they were locked up. I told her all of my guns are always locked up. She said she wanted me to give her an unloaded gun. When I asked her why, she said she might someday need to point it at someone to get them to leave. I wouldn't dream of doing it but she was serious.