I have a question regarding ammo and weapons. How do you convince a spouse that owning a firearm (or 5) is a necessity and not a luxury? Since my guns were lost in a tragic boating accident before I got married, my spouse won’t let me purchase any.
You could tell her that you think women who carry guns are HOT. As it happens to be the truth, its not too difficult to be convincing.
Have you asked what the source is of her gun aversion? Often times fears have a rational basis.
Also, exposure to pro gun people helps a lot. Like any message you want to sink in, you want it repeated again and again and again and again. That’s the game the media has played on guns for years. You might mention a self defense shooting in the news. Or that you want to spend some time working on gun politics.
Tell her that you have decided craft supplies are unnecessary and until you have a proper self defense tool she can forego these needless craft supplies.
Sometimes my wife worries a little about the money I spend on guns and ammo. She isn’t concerned about the weapons, just the money. I tell her it’s way cheaper than a bass boat and she pipes down.
I went through a little “exercise” with my wife. I had a simulation where a home invader threw a brick through our sliding glass door and then came in and had her run around the house looking for the cordless phone.
Once she found it, I had her simulate calling 911, getting put on hold IMMEDIATELY while running for a closet or room...when I “allowed” her call to be answered, I then explained that the Sheriff’s Deputy was on the other side of town and now had to get to our house.
We waited a few minutes and then I told her the Deputy was sitting outside, waiting for backup or trying to figure a way in since the security door was locked.
The whole scenario only took quite a few minutes, about 10 in total, but in the meantime, I had “shot” her dozens of times.
She was NOT happy, but it drove the point home, it erased the misconception that help will arrive “instantly”.
I told her that I didn’t care if the house was robbed, but that if someone came in while we were home, it was not good. Nothing good was going to come of that and that it was intentional.
She is now the owner of her own .38, and I have some others, but she has yet to go to the range or get trained in a class for women.
So there has been progress...
“How do you convince a spouse that owning a firearm...”
That’s an EASY one...you don’t tell her.
In Texas, I would suggest taking her to a handgun license class and let her sit in the room with all the other folks, a lot of them women, who can explain to her the reasons why they are there. It might overcome some of her fears to see all the normal, rational and very friendly folks who are taking charge of their own self defense. The shooting part of the class could be especially helpful to overcome fear. She might even find she is a really good shot, which would go along way in convincing her to become a gun owner. I don’t know how it is in other states, but in Texas, you can take the class even if you don’t get the license. I think everyone should take the class. It is eye opening.
Same reasoning as having a fire extinguisher. You hope never to have to use it, but it is indispensible if you do need one.
I would have saved the guns and let the little woman tread water. I don’t understand this mentality. My wife is happy when I buy another gun. After I’m gone my wife knows how to sell the guns she doesn’t want and what friends get all the reloading equipment. I’m not a hoarder, but after the recent shortages I have stocked up on components. One can never have enough ammo, when the inlaws show up and want to go to the range. A guy should limit the amount of guns he owns to the amount of shoes his wife owns. It goes both ways, neither my wife or myself ever tell someone “he or she won’t let me.”