The Fantasies We Craft Apparently Get Around

[nwslopoke]

Just saw my post from 2016. In those three years my wife has evolved from her position and has a much more positive stance on guns. While she has shot from time to time she is toying with the idea of carrying while hiking.

 

[bbbass]

The only good reason to resurrect this thread is to find out if the guy's wife stabbed him in the eye with a fork when she found out what he had done!!!

 

[PaulB47]

Oops, I didn't realize this was a necro-thread. Oh well, I will leave it:

"Am I wrong?"

Yes and no.

Your analysis is about right, although I would add to it that a gun is a form of insurance, but most of all it is for peace of mind. 99% of guns are not actually used for anything other than sport and peace of mind - no, not even for defense. But they are all *available* for defense. It's like buying a shovel that is never used to dig a hole. Even if it is never used to dig, it still is available for that purpose.

I tend not to try to steer people too strongly, when I think about it. It's hard to go wrong with any gun purchase, and if a person wants X, why not let him go for it? At worst he will end up with a safe queen. Guns can be traded out after all.

One thing I would say is that it is a man's job to defend family, and a wife has no say in that, other than expressing reasonable concern for safety. There are probably few things that should not be negotiated in a marriage; but family defense is not negotiable.

Someone who has thought things through to this point is starting to question "the narrative". Be sure not to discourage him in this respect.