Ruckus
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I'm in my 30s now, but in my 20s my parents were not very supportive of me owning a gun, carrying a gun, or exercising my gun rights.
My dad has owned a hunting rifle, and a shotgun, but to my knowledge has never owned a handgun. He has hunted before, but never regularly and not in 15 years.
My mom, has never liked guns, hated me even owning a gun, and has said things to me before like she wouldn't care if they got rid of all guns so nobody could have one.
Over the last 10 years, little by little, I have shared with them the pro gun rights knowledge, the hypothetical scenarios, and realities of what the laws say. We used to have some mildly heated debates that turned into less heated debates, to them ignoring me and tuning me out when I communicate "gun talk". In the last couple years they have actually started asking me sincere questions about gun ownership, cc, and now oc, but still, IMO, non-supporters.
Last month, while having dinner with my folks and daughter I was talking to them about my latest knowledge and insight and I just came out an told them, you two should take the class to get your CPLs. It will be fun. I told my mom how more and more women everyday are getting their CPLs. Anyway, she said no thank you.
Well today, I was picking up my daughter from them after work. We meet in a central location as we live 20 miles apart. Both my parents were in the car and as they're ready to pull away my mom asks, "How much did you pay to take your CCW class?" :what: I answered. She says her friends husband teaches a class for $100. Then my dad asks me, "How much was your pistol and where did you buy it from?" :what: I told them. I asked them, "Are you guys thinking about getting your CPLs?" And they said they were. :what::celebrate
They asked me some questions about how to buy a gun, and the classes, and if you shoot in the class, and how you shoot in class if you don't own a gun yet, so and so told them they should get a revolver first, etc etc. I filled them in, told them to stop by their police station on the way home to get a packet, and that I would email them further info. We drove off and when I got into my truck I started grinning ear to ear.
I never thought in a million years that they would change their minds about guns. Especially my mother the BHL, lol. It will be interesting to see if I can get them to oc when they are good to go. Maybe you'll see us all as a family excersizing our rights at MOC events in the future.
Rock on!
I'm in my 30s now, but in my 20s my parents were not very supportive of me owning a gun, carrying a gun, or exercising my gun rights.
My dad has owned a hunting rifle, and a shotgun, but to my knowledge has never owned a handgun. He has hunted before, but never regularly and not in 15 years.
My mom, has never liked guns, hated me even owning a gun, and has said things to me before like she wouldn't care if they got rid of all guns so nobody could have one.
Over the last 10 years, little by little, I have shared with them the pro gun rights knowledge, the hypothetical scenarios, and realities of what the laws say. We used to have some mildly heated debates that turned into less heated debates, to them ignoring me and tuning me out when I communicate "gun talk". In the last couple years they have actually started asking me sincere questions about gun ownership, cc, and now oc, but still, IMO, non-supporters.
Last month, while having dinner with my folks and daughter I was talking to them about my latest knowledge and insight and I just came out an told them, you two should take the class to get your CPLs. It will be fun. I told my mom how more and more women everyday are getting their CPLs. Anyway, she said no thank you.
Well today, I was picking up my daughter from them after work. We meet in a central location as we live 20 miles apart. Both my parents were in the car and as they're ready to pull away my mom asks, "How much did you pay to take your CCW class?" :what: I answered. She says her friends husband teaches a class for $100. Then my dad asks me, "How much was your pistol and where did you buy it from?" :what: I told them. I asked them, "Are you guys thinking about getting your CPLs?" And they said they were. :what::celebrate
They asked me some questions about how to buy a gun, and the classes, and if you shoot in the class, and how you shoot in class if you don't own a gun yet, so and so told them they should get a revolver first, etc etc. I filled them in, told them to stop by their police station on the way home to get a packet, and that I would email them further info. We drove off and when I got into my truck I started grinning ear to ear.
I never thought in a million years that they would change their minds about guns. Especially my mother the BHL, lol. It will be interesting to see if I can get them to oc when they are good to go. Maybe you'll see us all as a family excersizing our rights at MOC events in the future.
Rock on!
