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I managed to convert another girl last night. I mentioned shooting and she said she had shot a couple of guns but didn't like them, and that guns were "scary". I knew she came from a more country-style family, so I thought that was kind of weird (I'm assuming her father or brothers let her shoot a deer rifle or shotgun and the recoil got her. She's not very big).

I pressed a little farther and it turns out she had a friend who accidentally shot his toe off because "the safety didn't work"

So I got to explain about the 4 Rules and how it never would have happened if the shooter had been using his brain. I gave her the example that if she had been watching me dig a hole and I accidentally whacked her face with the shovel, she'd be blaming the shovel instead of me

Now she wants to go shooting with me

This is EXACTLY what I mentioned earlier. She's not liberal or left wing in any way, just a good Texas girl that didn't have a set opinion one way or the other, but through a bad experience had the idea that guns are bad and just needed a push in the right direction

You'd be surprised how many people (especially women) really don't have a conviction one way or the other regarding guns; however, they only hear the bad things so they're of the opinion that "guns are bad" by default. Thankfully, since most of them only get their information from TV or movies, they aren't so set in their ways that they can't change relatively quickly. With just a little bit of explanation and factual conversation, I've had many "see the light".

Misinformation and assumptions are the most common problems I see. They think black rifles are illegal, you can't own a full-auto weapon, gangsters use AK-47's, all gun owners are loons, etc etc. Usually within a few minutes of talking I've disproved most assumptions and given them a quick education, and they realize that there actually ARE reasons for perfectly normal people to carry guns.

That being said, I haven't had a date since I got my CHL, so I don't know if this is relevant or not. LOL!