Wife said "you need a gun with a safety on it"

Gun, shooting and equipment discussions unrelated to CHL issues

Moderator: carlson1

User avatar

MadMonkey
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 1
Posts: 1352
Joined: Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:23 am
Location: North Texas

Re: Wife said "you need a gun with a safety on it"

#16

Post by MadMonkey »

Buy a new gun, THEN worry about educating her :mrgreen:
“Beware the fury of a patient man.” - John Dryden
User avatar

XinTX
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 1
Posts: 440
Joined: Fri Dec 17, 2010 2:27 pm
Location: League City

Re: Wife said "you need a gun with a safety on it"

#17

Post by XinTX »

Shoot Straight wrote:She wants him to buy more guns. Who is he to argue with that?
That's when you say "Yes dear, I'll take care of it right away." Then kiss her and head to the favorite GS. Oh, and you'll need some ammo, and a new holster too. And while you're out, just to be safe, you'll need some range time to be 'sure' you know how to operate it safely.

All in the name of being safe and keeping her happy of course.
“Public safety is always the first cry of the tyrant.” - Lord Gladstone
User avatar

03Lightningrocks
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 1
Posts: 11453
Joined: Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:15 pm
Location: Plano

Re: Wife said "you need a gun with a safety on it"

#18

Post by 03Lightningrocks »

Charles L. Cotton wrote:
Shoot Straight wrote:She wants him to buy more guns. Who is he to argue with that?
That's my take as well!

Chas.
Yep... sounds to me like she is telling him to buy a Kimber.
User avatar

pbwalker
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 1
Posts: 3032
Joined: Thu May 01, 2008 10:12 am
Location: Northern Colorado

Re: Wife said "you need a gun with a safety on it"

#19

Post by pbwalker »

Beiruty wrote:
G26ster wrote:5.5lb factory, unless modified by owner.
Almost as light as single action on my HK (around 4.5lbs) Better off keep you boogie off the trigger unless you acquired sight picture and ready to shoot.
shouldn't that be the case with any firearm? Not just Glock?
*NRA Endowment Member* | Veteran
Vote Adam Kraut for the NRA Board of Directors - http://www.adamkraut.com/
User avatar

TexasGal
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 1
Posts: 1701
Joined: Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:37 am
Location: Fort Worth, TX

Re: Wife said "you need a gun with a safety on it"

#20

Post by TexasGal »

tdwhite03 wrote:Ha, my wife said the same thing after I bought my M&P. I told her no problem I would be happy to go buy a new one with a saftey to make her feel better, but darn if she didnt change her mind!
When are you guys going to learn to just say "Yes, Dear"? :hurry:
The Only Bodyguard I Can Afford is Me
Texas LTC Instructor Cert
NRA Life Member
User avatar

dubya
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 1
Posts: 296
Joined: Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:32 pm
Location: DFW

Re: Wife said "you need a gun with a safety on it"

#21

Post by dubya »

On the questions about safeties on pistols I would ask those concerned with a manual saftey if it would bother them of the current (or hundreds of years) revolvers were/are carried without a manual safety.

Revolvers typically have a heavier trigger pull but not always. Keeping your finger off the trigger works for both.
JW, Sons of the Republic of Texas
NRA, TSRA
User avatar

MojoTexas
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 1
Posts: 581
Joined: Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:36 pm
Location: Plano, TX

Re: Wife said "you need a gun with a safety on it"

#22

Post by MojoTexas »

+1 on getting a 1911. Then when she starts in about you carrying "cocked-and-locked" you can buy yet another handgun! :hurry:

:biggrinjester:

MojoTexas :txflag:
NRA Life member, TSRA member

"An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life."
--Robert A. Heinlein, Beyond This Horizon, 1942

chasfm11
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 1
Posts: 4152
Joined: Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:01 pm
Location: Northern DFW

Re: Wife said "you need a gun with a safety on it"

#23

Post by chasfm11 »

TexasGal wrote:
tdwhite03 wrote:Ha, my wife said the same thing after I bought my M&P. I told her no problem I would be happy to go buy a new one with a saftey to make her feel better, but darn if she didnt change her mind!
When are you guys going to learn to just say "Yes, Dear"? :hurry:
Some of us have already. After 40 years, I understand the Internet term "SWMBO" (She who must be obeyed)

Two seconds after my wife tells me that I need to buy a new gun, all she is going to see is my backside going out the door! Over my shoulder, I'd be reminding her that there are no returns on handguns.
6/23-8/13/10 -51 days to plastic
Dum Spiro, Spero

Topic author
Old Chief
Junior Member
Posts in topic: 3
Posts: 10
Joined: Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:43 pm

Re: Wife said "you need a gun with a safety on it"

#24

Post by Old Chief »

Resurrecting My post from 5 years ago. I ended up with a Kimber Crimson Ultra carry II. Mainly due to not finding an STI locally. I have been one of the lucky ones as it feeds anything I put in it. But guess who carries a Glock 19 with "no safety" yes my wife.
User avatar

Jusme
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 2
Posts: 5350
Joined: Tue Jan 19, 2016 4:23 pm
Location: Johnson County, Texas

Re: Wife said "you need a gun with a safety on it"

#25

Post by Jusme »

Old Chief wrote:Resurrecting My post from 5 years ago. I ended up with a Kimber Crimson Ultra carry II. Mainly due to not finding an STI locally. I have been one of the lucky ones as it feeds anything I put in it. But guess who carries a Glock 19 with "no safety" yes my wife.

That's great!! I always love Irony, My wife and I both own M&P 9's and that was one of the first questions she asked me after getting hers home was where is the safety?
When I explained it to her and she got to shoot it, along with a Beretta, and a friends 1911, she said hers was easier to shoot because she didn't have to remember to disengage the safety.

:cool:
Take away the Second first, and the First is gone in a second :rules: :patriot:
User avatar

misterlarry
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 1
Posts: 390
Joined: Tue Nov 27, 2012 2:35 pm
Location: The Woodlands

Re: Wife said "you need a gun with a safety on it"

#26

Post by misterlarry »

AR15's have safeties, but that's another story.
01/19/2013 CHL Class - 03/25/2013 CHL Arrived
NRA Life Member
NRA Basic Pistol Instructor

Ruark
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 1
Posts: 1805
Joined: Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:11 pm

Re: Wife said "you need a gun with a safety on it"

#27

Post by Ruark »

Shoot Straight wrote:She wants him to buy more guns. Who is he to argue with that?
Yeeeeeahhhh, honey, you're right, darlin', I need another gun, this silly old Glock, oh, man, I'm tellin' ya, no safety 'n all, you know.... :cool: :cool: :cool:
-Ruark
User avatar

Jusme
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 2
Posts: 5350
Joined: Tue Jan 19, 2016 4:23 pm
Location: Johnson County, Texas

Re: Wife said "you need a gun with a safety on it"

#28

Post by Jusme »

Ruark wrote:
Shoot Straight wrote:She wants him to buy more guns. Who is he to argue with that?
Yeeeeeahhhh, honey, you're right, darlin', I need another gun, this silly old Glock, oh, man, I'm tellin' ya, no safety 'n all, you know.... :cool: :cool: :cool:

I tried telling my wife that I needed a new gun because mine was dirty she just went and got my cleaning kit!! :grumble
Take away the Second first, and the First is gone in a second :rules: :patriot:
User avatar

fickman
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 1
Posts: 1711
Joined: Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:52 pm
Location: Fort Worth, Texas

Re: Wife said "you need a gun with a safety on it"

#29

Post by fickman »

Is a manual hammer safety the only thing that would satisfy her requirement? What about an XD that combines a grip safety with the Glock-style trigger safety in addition to the internals.
Native Texian
Post Reply

Return to “General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion”