Well it only took 9 years

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Well it only took 9 years

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I met my wife 9 years ago and at first she was 100% "I don't want to be around guns". She wasn't anti-gun, she was just afraid and didn't want to be around them or see them.

Slowly, she warmed up and eventually she adopted my double stack .45 as her preferred range gun :biggrinjester:

She is planning a trip to West Texas (not the city) and New Mexico and wants to finally get her LTC!

:woohoo
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uthornsfan wrote:I met my wife 9 years ago and at first she was 100% "I don't want to be around guns". She wasn't anti-gun, she was just afraid and didn't want to be around them or see them.

Slowly, she warmed up and eventually she adopted my double stack .45 as her preferred range gun :biggrinjester:

She is planning a trip to West Texas (not the city) and New Mexico and wants to finally get her LTC!

:woohoo

That's great uthornsfan!!

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uthornsfan wrote:I met my wife 9 years ago and at first she was 100% "I don't want to be around guns". She wasn't anti-gun, she was just afraid and didn't want to be around them or see them.

Slowly, she warmed up and eventually she adopted my double stack .45 as her preferred range gun :biggrinjester:

She is planning a trip to West Texas (not the city) and New Mexico and wants to finally get her LTC!

:woohoo
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She took the class yesterday.

Scored a 238 on the proficiency test, was the only person out of 20 to be shooting anything bigger than a 9mm :) shes very :txflag:
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uthornsfan wrote:She took the class yesterday.

Scored a 238 on the proficiency test, was the only person out of 20 to be shooting anything bigger than a 9mm :) shes very :txflag:
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Status says Mailed!

3 weeks from final paper work submitted. That's pretty darn quick.
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uthornsfan wrote:Status says Mailed!

3 weeks from final paper work submitted. That's pretty darn quick.
Excellent! Tell her welcome to the group! Now you have someone to cover your 6.
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I did some arm twisting in 2009 and my wife got hers. It took a couple of years for her to admit that she was glad that she carried a pistol. She was never anti, she just didn't see the need because she "never goes anywhere dangerous". For the record, in 2009 she was attending Dental Hygiene school at Baylor in Dallas..... Not dangerous, huh?
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uthornsfan wrote:I met my wife 9 years ago and at first she was 100% "I don't want to be around guns". She wasn't anti-gun, she was just afraid and didn't want to be around them or see them.

Slowly, she warmed up and eventually she adopted my double stack .45 as her preferred range gun :biggrinjester:

She is planning a trip to West Texas (not the city) and New Mexico and wants to finally get her LTC!

:woohoo
Very nice.

Mine took a little over 10 years. It might have been longer, but after our daughter was born there was an incident that helped convince her. I never pushed prior to the incident, so it was not really an issue to begin with. She will probably never get an LTC and I'm okay with that. She has taken one with her in the car a few times. Mostly when I'm out of town.
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I like hearing (reading) these stories as it gives me hope. My wife of 5 years, been together 11 years now is the sorta the same way. She is basically against violence, and since a lot of violence you hear about on the news lately (mass shootings etc) are gun related, she lumps guns in the group of things she hates. I hope to one day have her join our group of carriers.
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Jusme wrote:
uthornsfan wrote:I met my wife 9 years ago and at first she was 100% "I don't want to be around guns". She wasn't anti-gun, she was just afraid and didn't want to be around them or see them.

Slowly, she warmed up and eventually she adopted my double stack .45 as her preferred range gun :biggrinjester:

She is planning a trip to West Texas (not the city) and New Mexico and wants to finally get her LTC!

:woohoo

That's great uthornsfan!!

Nothing better that going to the range with your SO (significant other, not safety officer) If she is not already a member here have her join, we need more input from the ladies on this forum. :thumbs2: :thumbs2:
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