Sounds like my wife, except my wife sounds a bit more anti-gun than yours. At least yours allows you to have guns in the house. I have given away all my guns to my dad and shoot "his" guns. Anyways, she may not see a need for a gun. You probably live in a nice neighborhood and she probably thinks you're just a tad paranoid. She just doesn't see why she should pay money for a CHL, new gun(s), ammo, holster(s), mag(s), flashlights, lasers, etc. for defending against something that is such a remote possibility. Anyways, after one of my wife's friends was stalked and had to quit a six figure managerial job so that she could move away from her stalker to another lower paid job with one less zero, she became a bit more receptive to getting a CHL. I explained to her that getting a CHL is like buying life insurance. You wish you never have to cash it in by dying, but it's nice to have it. I also explained to her that a CHL may take months to process, while a gun takes minutes to buy, so she should get a CHL and if the need arises, she can buy a gun later. You don't want to wait months for a CHL if a stalker is stalking you now. There's no need for the expense of a CHL, guns, ammo, holsters, etc. Y'all can just get the CHL for now and decide on the other stuff later. Buying everything on the shopping list (gun, ammo, holster, etc) may cost over a thousand dollars, but getting only the CHL will cost just $240 to $290. Just get your foot in the door with a CHL. You get work on getting the other stuff later....
Good luck
jecsd1 wrote:Hi,
My wife was raised with almost no exposure to guns except for what we see on TV.
She cites the cost and the fact that she couldn't carry it most of the time she's out of the house (she's a public school teacher so thats out) as primary reasons not to do it.
any suggestions?