How and when would you bring up the fact that you concealed carry and like guns with a new girlfriend?
I actually had one women find a post I made to The Firing Line before we even met for the first time. She had a child and was obviously anti-gun and refused to date me simply because I owned a gun. Oh well!
I thought she would respect the fact that I changed from merely owning guns to carrying after my ex-wife was being stalked from afar for years by her ex-husband. I was protecting my wife, my child and myself.
I felt that was a noble and protective thing to do!
Fortunately, he lived in another state but he would send her unwanted letters and this would upset her since he had been abusive.
I didn't really care until one time he sent her a letter that he had passed through our town. This really freaked out the ex. He later called, I picked up the phone, I recognized his name and voice and told him firmly that he was never to call our home again.
Fortunately, he was too much of a coward to ever do anything and I haven't heard from him in about 10 years.
I thought carrying was necessary. I called the local Sheriffs office, one of them visited our home, took a report and said there was nothing they could do because he lived out of state. Just as well because I later read that stalkers are as happy to have your hate as your love. Thanks to common sense, we never confronted him for years until he called and I think that was wise.
I digress...
I don't want to lose a new girlfriend because I carry and own guns.
I also intentionally tell almost nobody that I own guns.
Only my brother, my sister and my closest friend I have known since childhood know.
I think this is wise to discourage any attempts at theft or losing the element of surprise if a criminal learns I have guns.
Sooo... How long would you wait until you discussed this with a new girlfriend? You know how I feel about concealing my gun ownership.
What would you do?
How would you introduce the topic?
If nothing else, I think I would have to inform her for her own safety due to loaded guns in my home and car. (No kids in the home)
I know that more and more women are interested in guns, not just from the magazines but what I see at the range.
All the same, I don't live in a rural area where guns are merely a fact of life.
I actually had one women find a post I made to The Firing Line before we even met for the first time. She had a child and was obviously anti-gun and refused to date me simply because I owned a gun. Oh well!
I thought she would respect the fact that I changed from merely owning guns to carrying after my ex-wife was being stalked from afar for years by her ex-husband. I was protecting my wife, my child and myself.
I felt that was a noble and protective thing to do!
Fortunately, he lived in another state but he would send her unwanted letters and this would upset her since he had been abusive.
I didn't really care until one time he sent her a letter that he had passed through our town. This really freaked out the ex. He later called, I picked up the phone, I recognized his name and voice and told him firmly that he was never to call our home again.
Fortunately, he was too much of a coward to ever do anything and I haven't heard from him in about 10 years.
I thought carrying was necessary. I called the local Sheriffs office, one of them visited our home, took a report and said there was nothing they could do because he lived out of state. Just as well because I later read that stalkers are as happy to have your hate as your love. Thanks to common sense, we never confronted him for years until he called and I think that was wise.
I digress...
I don't want to lose a new girlfriend because I carry and own guns.
I also intentionally tell almost nobody that I own guns.
Only my brother, my sister and my closest friend I have known since childhood know.
I think this is wise to discourage any attempts at theft or losing the element of surprise if a criminal learns I have guns.
Sooo... How long would you wait until you discussed this with a new girlfriend? You know how I feel about concealing my gun ownership.
What would you do?
How would you introduce the topic?
If nothing else, I think I would have to inform her for her own safety due to loaded guns in my home and car. (No kids in the home)
I know that more and more women are interested in guns, not just from the magazines but what I see at the range.
All the same, I don't live in a rural area where guns are merely a fact of life.