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My wife was never an "anti," but she wasn't all that fond of guns either. We've had them in our house for a long time now, and my son and I shoot a lot together, but she just hasn't been all that interested... ...until now.

It started with my getting my CHL. She likes that I carry when we go out, because she feels safer. One day I asked her if I bought her a gun of her own, would she take a CHL class and get her permit? She said yes. So I bought her a 642 snubbie for Valentines Day. Then I signed her up for our own llwatson's basic handgun course, which she will be taking on April 5th. In the meantime, she's been to the range with my son and I about 3 times, and once with just our son. After she takes llwatson's course, she'll be signing up for a CHL class.

The point of all that is to encourage you to have hope. It is entirely possible that, by this time next year, your wife could have made a 180º switch in her views, and actually be interested in learning to shoot, and maybe even getting her CHL. If she does, you can count on your other relatives letting up on you.

There is always hope.