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My wife was raised in an anti-gun household, and she is very uneasy around guns to this day. I have taken her to the range a couple of times, but it is clearly not something she enjoys. When we were dating, she was reluctantly tolerant of my guns. And she has learned the meaning of the various signs from a couple times where we had to go to a different restaurant than first planned. I am working to schedule a private class for the whole family at a local range to go over gun safety and basic marksmanship, but she wants to wait until our 8 year old son is a little older....

That said, I carry around the house, unless I have had more than 1 beer. I usually throw my T-shirt over my holster, and I have set up my gun cleaning station on a table in the garage. As long as it is out of sight, she doesn't have an issue. Of course, she is quick to wake me if she hears a noise and is happy when I get a gun from my night stand safe to go investigate.

I keep talking to her about guns and politics as she is a staunch supporter of Shrillary. Hopefully I am making some progress. Last night she told me that her Democratic contacts are pushing for supporters to sign something against the NRA, and she seemed to be genuinely conflicted, so that may be a start. I reminded her that there is a reason why most all mass shootings have happened in places where guns were "banned", and also mentioned that the second amendment is the only thing protecting us from a tyrannical government (that could just as easily be led by conservatives as liberals). Being who she is, the safety argument was a lot more impactful than the freedom argument.