From: asbestos@nwu.edu (Michael A. Atkinson)
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Re: To Drop Or Not To Drop ( was: Re: To buy or not to buy ? )
Date: 27 Jan 93 03:40:38 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.1993Jan26.232414.22413
Organization: Chaos

kdlin@advtech.uswest.com (David Lin) writes:

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#In this posting, I'm not providing a solution. Instead, I have a
#similar but worse problem. I'm considering to drop her because of
#her attitude toward my guns/security plans. Let me tell my story 
#and you guys can give me suggestions.
#
#I have been seeing this girl for a short while. She grew up in a Michigan
#rural area and is an attorney ( not my favorite type though ). Recently,
#I found out that she used to a DA ( the anti-gun type ) and still has
#a *VERY* strong prejudice against handguns. 
#
#She even hates my security alarm and comments that I'm paranoid to
#have all these things installed. Her reasoning is that no one is going
#to bother me, and my guns will only hurt myself. She claims that she has
#shot .22 rifles before. ( So, taking her to a range will not help at all. )
#She points out that I'm living in my own "jail" by having all these
#motion sensors and by having the "fantasy" of arming/defending myself.
#
#So, do I have a solution to this problem? Guys?


Today is my one year anniversary with my SO.

I yawned mightily this morning, and found Rebecca handing me a cup of
coffee.  I smiled and thanked her.  She said, "I have a present for you."
We are both financially struggling students, and so we promised that we'd
go out to dinner and not buy gifts for each other.  As I opened my mouth to
protest that I didn't have anything for her, she handed me a box.  "Shut up
and open it."

When I opened the box, I found two things that are completely priceless: a
Browning Hi-Power, NIB, and a Cook County Deputy Sheriff's badge, that
oh-so-coveted sign of political favor that is the only legal way to carry
or even own a pistol in Evanscum, IL.

And then I woke up.  (sigh)

Back to reality.  Rebecca is from an anti-gun household, and had never been
exposed to a Real Live NRA Member before.  When things started getting
serious, I explained to her that as soon as I finish school and move out of
the People's Republic of Illinois, that I'm going to get well trained by
somebody who Knows His Stuff.  And then I'm going to own and carry
firearms.  Not just a .22 for plinking, but a real live Assault Pistol<tm>.
And probably lots of other stuff [All together now, "Buy 'em all!"].  I
then explained to her that if she could not deal with my owning firearms,
and her going to the range regularly so as to shoot them well, then she
might as well give up on me at once.  I told her I was going to be
completely inflexible.  I meant it.  She agreed, and now is not so
anti-gun.  (My hope is that for a wedding present I will give her a NRA
Life Membership, and that she'll be thrilled.)  I suspect that when she is
finally introduced to recreational shooting, she'll realise just how much
she was propagandized in her youth.

My advice: do what I did.  Try to be rational.  Explain that you will be
completely inflexible.  If she leaves, well, she leaves.

YMMV.

(Did I mention, that as poor a student I am, I gave $100 to the NRA/ILA
this year?)


Good luck.


Mike
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