Thanks! Stay safe as well.
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Another suggestion: Try to go to the range off hours. Bruce and I go early in the morning when usually there aren’t any other shooters around. You don’t feel like you’re being judged by expert male shooters. Bruce has also taken my 26 year old daughter out and she really enjoyed shooting. She got to try several pistols and rifles so she could see what type of gun she liked. Maybe have your wife bring a female friend along so she is more relaxed, or go with another couple. I’ve been surprised lately by the number of women who are carrying guns. I carry mine in a concealed carry purse.
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My wife takes the lead in helping other women overcome their concerns-- perhaps that’s the answer to your delema. Women know women better than guys. I teach my wife and she teaches other women…
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@Danny28 Fortunate for you that you have someone that enjoys firearms and understands this aspect of American history and culture. My 2nd wife was born and raised in Slovenia. She was born the same year as Melania and about 45 km away. I have never visited Slovenia. Will probably go visit when I retire. Been to Europe quite a few times but not in that region. Slovenia was a part of Yugoslavia before Tito’s death. It was a Socialist Dictatorship. The Slovenians had a 10 day war before separation from the Yugoslavian block. They gained independence in 1990. First time my wife was really exposed to firearms was when her father and uncle started wielding AK-47s to protect their homestead during their brief war. She didn’t even realize a war had started.
I’m a firearms enthusiast. I taught all my children about firearms safety at an early age and helped my kids build their own ARs. My wife didn’t know I even concealed carry for years. I wasn’t hiding anything from her, just didn’t make a big deal about it. She doesn’t want to talk about firearms. She doesn’t see a legitimate purpose for firearms and has never faced a dangerous threat where a firearm might come in handy. Hope she never does. She views the money I spend on my skill maintenance as something better spent on household decorations.
Not the world I grew up in. 22 years in the military and still working for DoD as a Govie. Been working security issues for over 35 years. I’m aware of threats that she refuses to recognize. Some I can’t even discuss with her. Not an issue that will get resolved overnight. I live with a stubborn, feisty girl that wasn’t raised round here…
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Well my wife took her first hand gun class today she had a blast and is ready to set up the next in the series and eager to find her own gun that fits her mine is a little hard to rack so the is leaning towards the ez 9.
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My wife wasn’t really into shooting till I purchased my first firearm (9mm S&W shield) now we are buying a Barrett 82A1 in .50 BMG because we found out my wife can shoot the wings off a fly at 100 yards using a .22 m&p 15-22, so we wanna see what she can do at a 1000 yards with a real rifle.
I had to force her, then she found out she likes it. Found out she’s better than most of the guys I served with. I guess my point is, is that you might need to force her, but when she gets there, she’ll realize it’s fun, plus I’d recommend making it more of an everyday scenario kinda thing where she sees multiple weapons during the day, all over the house. Buts that’s just my two cents, and I’ve been told, many time, I’m wrong.
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When my wife and first got together, I bought her a Browning HP. She must have had the shooting DNA already. She took that Brown and went about learning to use it on her own . She still owns the Browning 28 years later. I guess to it helps that all of our family are shooters. Great thing is you know your wife enjoyed and had a great experience the first time. hopefully ammo recovers so we can get back to our regular shooting schedule
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Man, If a Barrett isnt cool nothing is.
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My wife grew up in China, then Japan. She was iffy about guns at first, especially when she first moved in with me. But like the 1st of 2nd week she moved in, she heard something right before we were about to go to bed. I went to check, looked out my sliding door and saw someone moving about my backyard with a lit cigarette in their mouth. I told my wife to hide while I called the police. She found out how firsthand how long 6.5 minutes feels like when you’re threatened, even a little bit.
I was teaching my wife to drive at the time, and it wasn’t going well too say the least. Teaching her to use firearms on top would’ve strained our relationship imo. So I asked my sister to handle that for me. She took my wife to a ladies course locally that’s held once a month. Worked out well.
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Everyone is different so you have to cater to the individual and realize that some individuals will just never be into firearms.
My wife is not really into them at all but every time I manage to get her to the range she actually has a lot of fun. The trick with her is to not spend any time poking holes in paper. She likes the instant feedback of shooting steel and spinner type targets. She also does not like loud guns or recoil. Though she can shoot a 9mm as well or better than many of the shooters I’ve seen out here, she prefers a .22 so that’s what I load up for her when I can get her to join me. But it is good to know she can handle the 9 if she needs to when I am not around!
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