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<blockquote data-quote="owu1bag5" data-source="post: 721385" data-attributes="member: 1279"><p>when i first bought my house my best friend moved in with me and lived with me for over a year before he got married. he is just about as pro gun as i am, but his wife(g/f at the time)was almost as anti as i have ever met. well her first time to come to the house she looked at my gun cabinet that sits in the front room and said "i dont feel comfortable with those being there..." i said well you can get used to it or leave" she said "well are they loaded?" i said "those arent but this one is" and pointed at my carry gun that was sitting on the coffee table. she just about freaked out and got all huffy. my buddy and i finally got her convinced that they were safe and were not going to spontaneously go off and even after a few months got her to go to the range with us. she still doesnt like being around guns but she is not afraid of them. she even lets my best friend keep one in their apartment, which was a big step for her. i even carried when i was the best man at his wedding and she was ok with it. </p><p></p><p>to further explain my first post in this thread:</p><p>my dad was never exactly pro gun or anti gun, he just never had a use for one. not a hunter or a shooter, just never was around them much. i got being a gun nut from my grandpa(mom's side) at an early age and i got a gun every year for christmas for about 10 years from my parents and a few birthdays too. but when i told my dad i was going to get my CCL he just couldnt fathom a reason i would need it. he was on my case about it for a long time before one night i just had to get mad and say somethings that i didnt want to say to him. he was on my case pretty bad that night about it and was talking about how he could never shoot someone no matter what and all this that and the other and i just looked him straight in the eye and said to him "Dad, if you are telling me that you could not shoot and kill someone to protect your wife, your daughter, or me, then you are not a man. your job is to protect us at all costs and means necessary." he was pissed for about 10 seconds until what i said sunk in, and then he just looked at me and said "i understand what you mean now." a few months and conversations later he bought a pistol and took his class for his license. he has not turned in his paperwork yet, but taking the class was a big step for him. he also makes sure that i have my weapon on me when we go to work.(we have a part time family business and we paint parking lots and we are in bad areas of the city a lot) he also bought my mom a pistol to keep at her bedside so when he is away for work so she has something to protect herself with. </p><p></p><p>i say all of this to say that dialogue with family and friends, either civil or getting pissed sometimes, will cause those who are against carrying guns to realize the necessity and reason for carrying a gun. my mom grew up around guns and she was shooting when she was very young and is pretty comfortable around them so i never had to convince her of anything.</p><p></p><p>my girlfriend just took her class for her CCL about a month ago and is waiting on her license. a couple of weeks ago she was at her grandparents house for a family get together that i couldnt make(luckily for them) and her uber liberal aunt and uncle started in on her about carrying a gun. she just told them that if she ever has to shoot someone then she will without thinking twice about it. and they kept it up telling her that they would just be dead because they couldnt do that. they choose to be victims. she is not the argumentative type and just let them ramble on until they were done. good thing i wasnt there or they would have gotten a little more argument from me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="owu1bag5, post: 721385, member: 1279"] when i first bought my house my best friend moved in with me and lived with me for over a year before he got married. he is just about as pro gun as i am, but his wife(g/f at the time)was almost as anti as i have ever met. well her first time to come to the house she looked at my gun cabinet that sits in the front room and said "i dont feel comfortable with those being there..." i said well you can get used to it or leave" she said "well are they loaded?" i said "those arent but this one is" and pointed at my carry gun that was sitting on the coffee table. she just about freaked out and got all huffy. my buddy and i finally got her convinced that they were safe and were not going to spontaneously go off and even after a few months got her to go to the range with us. she still doesnt like being around guns but she is not afraid of them. she even lets my best friend keep one in their apartment, which was a big step for her. i even carried when i was the best man at his wedding and she was ok with it. to further explain my first post in this thread: my dad was never exactly pro gun or anti gun, he just never had a use for one. not a hunter or a shooter, just never was around them much. i got being a gun nut from my grandpa(mom's side) at an early age and i got a gun every year for christmas for about 10 years from my parents and a few birthdays too. but when i told my dad i was going to get my CCL he just couldnt fathom a reason i would need it. he was on my case about it for a long time before one night i just had to get mad and say somethings that i didnt want to say to him. he was on my case pretty bad that night about it and was talking about how he could never shoot someone no matter what and all this that and the other and i just looked him straight in the eye and said to him "Dad, if you are telling me that you could not shoot and kill someone to protect your wife, your daughter, or me, then you are not a man. your job is to protect us at all costs and means necessary." he was pissed for about 10 seconds until what i said sunk in, and then he just looked at me and said "i understand what you mean now." a few months and conversations later he bought a pistol and took his class for his license. he has not turned in his paperwork yet, but taking the class was a big step for him. he also makes sure that i have my weapon on me when we go to work.(we have a part time family business and we paint parking lots and we are in bad areas of the city a lot) he also bought my mom a pistol to keep at her bedside so when he is away for work so she has something to protect herself with. i say all of this to say that dialogue with family and friends, either civil or getting pissed sometimes, will cause those who are against carrying guns to realize the necessity and reason for carrying a gun. my mom grew up around guns and she was shooting when she was very young and is pretty comfortable around them so i never had to convince her of anything. my girlfriend just took her class for her CCL about a month ago and is waiting on her license. a couple of weeks ago she was at her grandparents house for a family get together that i couldnt make(luckily for them) and her uber liberal aunt and uncle started in on her about carrying a gun. she just told them that if she ever has to shoot someone then she will without thinking twice about it. and they kept it up telling her that they would just be dead because they couldnt do that. they choose to be victims. she is not the argumentative type and just let them ramble on until they were done. good thing i wasnt there or they would have gotten a little more argument from me. [/QUOTE]
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