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Can you enlighten the rest of us as to what you mean?
Do you mean you bought a handgun where the safety is the opposite of the
standard "up for safe, down to rock and roll"?

Haha, in fact, YES, my Beretta is UP for rock 'n roll

Florida is a strange state though, always changing opinions, lots of folks from other parts of the country, as well as from around the world. Lots of ideas flying around. Not a bad thing IMO.

"pretty far left and East Texas gal", in my experienced opinion, is an oxymoron.

I agree in every other case, but for her it is synonymous, which is why her and I get along!

The "range date" idea is certainly the best in my mind. I will make that move for sure!

<edited 'cuz I didn't mean to get poltikal >

Thanks everyone for some ideas!

Shorts, I will definitely take your advice, I like this approach. Easy going, no big deal

the primrose path to ownership of pink AR-15s, etc.

HAHA! I love it!

Thanks all, some good ideas here.

I should've added to the OP that I am planning a range trip with her sometime soon. We'll see how that goes.

And yes, I have a .22lr revolver that I generally start friends out on when we go to the range. It's nice to ease in to a larger gun if they want. My mom loved shooting the .22 and was excited to shoot the 9mm and .45, and was fully prepared for the recoil increase. Good way to build up to that.

This may be a weird topic with no definite answers but I have to ask:

I have been "dating" a girl for a little while (so I know her moderately well) and I was curious how you would approach the fact that you conceal carry a gun all of the time, including all of the times you've spent together out a restaurants, hanging around the apartment, walking around downtown, driving in the car, etc.?

I know it will come up at some point and I'd rather it not be when I bend over and my shirt rides up and reveals a big 'ol .45 in the waistband, or even the little .380 I carry in more group social situations that require a lot of hugging and greeting old friends.

I've thought about trying to work it into a conversation but it's not something that ever comes up and I'd rather not force the topic.

I can't say that this relationship is to that point of "serious" yet, far from it, so I'm not in any rush to divulge this info. But I do think she should know, and deserves to know, when the time is right, that I choose to do this.

Any thoughts/experiences?

Thanks in advance!