I'm brand new to the gun/shooting world (last couple of months), and was admittedly hesitant when the hubby started in on the hobby. I don't have a single problem with guns in the house, on him, or whatever, but was always just skittish around loaded guns - it came from fear ... I was just afraid of accidents and the unknown.
Then a couple months ago our neighbor (who's in the Air Force) started getting his wife into things so he'd feel better about her and the kids being home when he's deployed. So I started thinking about it ... and then wondered why in the world I was ever hesitant. We all took the CHL class (mailed in our apps a few weeks ago) and I'm the proud owner of a Glock 27 now. :)
Not sure what to tell you exactly on getting her to come over to the dark side ... if my husband did all of that for me, I'd already be there (!) but maybe take it from the angle that you're worried about her safety, versus YOU like it as a hobby. If she feels empowered by it (vs. threatened or annoyed maybe?), that may make a difference.
Our CHL intructor put it to us this way: "A lot of women tell me that they could NEVER do this class b/c they're too afraid of guns. I then ask them what their life is worth. What are their children's lives worth? Spouse? Parents? Siblings? ... general citizens on the street? I never know if you're going to be the person who saves the life of my grandson while he's at McDonald's, so it's my passion to get as many people safely educated as possible."
When I tell that to many of my girl friends, there seems to be a little light that clicks. I will tell you that I already feel much more empowered and knowledge is never a bad thing. As someone else said in one of the earlier responses, violence doesn't just happen to people with questionable lifestyles ... and you can't be with her all the time to protect her. Making the choice to NOT be a victim is totally cool.
