Paco wrote:I just took my class last Saturday, and my Wife is still giving me grief over this decision. I have been thinking about getting a CHL for some time now, just not had the "spare" cash to do it, until the shooting in Omaha (I know people in that town and Council Bluffs, IA where there were victims from), I came home and told her I was getting a pistol and getting my CHL. She knew I meant business and was going to do it and was not asking permission but telling her what I was going to do.
The long and short of it is, she does not like the idea of me carrying a pistol. She thinks, as most of the anti-CHL people thought is that I would go Wild West vigilante on someone. She is NOT against CHL, just me having one for some reason. I have served in the Army as a Combat Engineer, so I know she is sure of my ability to handle the weapon. Her Sister and her Husband were the same way, actually said they would not let their kids come over to my house anymore, at least until I told them there have been rifles and ammo in my houses as long as they have known me (and their own Dad's house too); that kinda made them lighten up a bit.
I'm sure others have faced this type of "prejudice", what I would like to know is other than tell them that I am NOT doing it to feel tough or be a hot head and shoot the next guy who cuts me off but to "be ready" if I am in the next mall when someone goes off and I am unable to safely exit the building and have to defend myself or those who can't, what can/do you say/do to ease their concerns?
I wouldn't go to any great lengths to placate them. Just get your CHL, carry as much as you feel it is necessary, continue to be your regular law abiding normal self, and let them work it out.
If they are intellectually honest people....they will quickly see that they have nothing to be concerned about. If they are not, no amount of effort on your part is likely to persuade them.