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<blockquote data-quote="nofearfactor" data-source="post: 1048636" data-attributes="member: 1535"><p>They just arent hardwired for it like we are. No amount of explaining will help. </p><p></p><p>My business and work takes me away from home so I'm gone out on the road alot. I leave my wife at home with guns that I 'think' that she could handle if she had to- a loaded and ready to shoot 12gg shotgun with #00 buckshot,a loaded and ready to shoot .38 revolver(fully loaded speedloaders and speedstrips are nearby, but theyre basically there for me as I know she wouldnt be able to reload...),and a loaded and ready after-she-takes-it-off-safety semi auto rifle. But,I think I have the best chance of them making it if my 13 yr old son and/or 17 yr old daughter jump in and take over because the wife I know for a fact would just freeze up and freak out. </p><p></p><p>Thats why I take my kids out to shoot as much as I can and then they clean the guns afterwards so that they know them inside out. They know about safety,have taken courses,and theyre actually pretty good shots too. They are both involved in archery and on their school teams(daughter placed high in her division last year in Louisville at Nationals) and they get alot of Airsoft time in too. Thankfully my FIL also spends alot of time with them out hunting and fishing and training them too. He is ex military,lifetime NRA member,and a born and bred Okie gun nut.</p><p></p><p>The wife is only like 5'4"x 135,but she was raised hunting and fishing right along side her brothers,and she used to even go shoot with us too. I bought her .380 and .22 semi autos and she used to shoot them,along with the .38 wheelie. But now doesnt even want to hold a gun in her hand. I can understand too. Her little brother committed suicide a few years ago with a 9mm. She hasnt fully recovered from it yet. She may never. Thats fine. I am sensitive about it, so I dont force the issue. I have her .380 and .22 put away for the time when she wants to go shoot again. I hope though that if it came down to it though she could pull her self together and if she could get to one of them be able to protect herself,her kids and her home. Hope.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nofearfactor, post: 1048636, member: 1535"] They just arent hardwired for it like we are. No amount of explaining will help. My business and work takes me away from home so I'm gone out on the road alot. I leave my wife at home with guns that I 'think' that she could handle if she had to- a loaded and ready to shoot 12gg shotgun with #00 buckshot,a loaded and ready to shoot .38 revolver(fully loaded speedloaders and speedstrips are nearby, but theyre basically there for me as I know she wouldnt be able to reload...),and a loaded and ready after-she-takes-it-off-safety semi auto rifle. But,I think I have the best chance of them making it if my 13 yr old son and/or 17 yr old daughter jump in and take over because the wife I know for a fact would just freeze up and freak out. Thats why I take my kids out to shoot as much as I can and then they clean the guns afterwards so that they know them inside out. They know about safety,have taken courses,and theyre actually pretty good shots too. They are both involved in archery and on their school teams(daughter placed high in her division last year in Louisville at Nationals) and they get alot of Airsoft time in too. Thankfully my FIL also spends alot of time with them out hunting and fishing and training them too. He is ex military,lifetime NRA member,and a born and bred Okie gun nut. The wife is only like 5'4"x 135,but she was raised hunting and fishing right along side her brothers,and she used to even go shoot with us too. I bought her .380 and .22 semi autos and she used to shoot them,along with the .38 wheelie. But now doesnt even want to hold a gun in her hand. I can understand too. Her little brother committed suicide a few years ago with a 9mm. She hasnt fully recovered from it yet. She may never. Thats fine. I am sensitive about it, so I dont force the issue. I have her .380 and .22 put away for the time when she wants to go shoot again. I hope though that if it came down to it though she could pull her self together and if she could get to one of them be able to protect herself,her kids and her home. Hope. [/QUOTE]
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