mrh2008
Regular Member
First off, I am still rather new to OCDO and OC in general, but I have been following for a while now. I have been OC'ing since I turned 21 and was able to buy from an FFL, before then, I didn't know much about firearm rights although I come from a family of avid hunters, paper killers, military personnel, and LEO's. I am going to be 22 this month and started a family young. A few years ago, I realized what the REAL world was like, and now my BIGEST fear is not being able to protect my son and my wife. I had what I thought was an OK collection for a new gun owner just a few months ago, then I got laid off. Wife went to full time and I went on to become a stay at home father which brought in less than desirable income. Wife wanted a newer car and we needed to downgrade from a house to an apartment, so I elected to sell my small collection that consisted of an xd45 service, p95DC, pt140 pro, mossberg 500a and a 10/22 to pay for some of the down payment on both. I religiously OC'd my XD or p95, but now I'm left with nothing to defend my family with. Things have been getting better financially, but I can't convince my wife to let me buy another firearm for protection. I've given her the "spare tire" and "fire extinguisher" speech and also reminded her of the man killed at circle k in gilbert I believe (thug went in to steal beer and hit a woman on the way out, her husband stepped up and got shot in the chest) and the rancher that was murdered on his own property by an illegal, but nothing I say seems to make her think that maybe, just maybe we should have protection for ourselves. She came from a family that taught her that guns are evil, guns kill, only LEO and military should have guns, and I
came from a family that put in for elk every year as a group, went to the range often, heard stories from 3 uncles one of which was a former US NAVY SEAL and an LA county sheriff deputy that left to work for Blackwater and passed in iraq (I posted 2 links hear for articles about him after reading a post which stated that "seals were over rated" on a different thread on OCDO" one who was a marine and one which retired from the airforce. Doesn't matter what I say, she seems to think about it for about five minutes and brush it off her shoulder into the unimportant pile. She does not understand that I am NOT paranoid, but that I know I am unprepared if the need for defense should show itself. Any thoughts, advice or personal experience with this sort of problem would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you all in advance, Doug
came from a family that put in for elk every year as a group, went to the range often, heard stories from 3 uncles one of which was a former US NAVY SEAL and an LA county sheriff deputy that left to work for Blackwater and passed in iraq (I posted 2 links hear for articles about him after reading a post which stated that "seals were over rated" on a different thread on OCDO" one who was a marine and one which retired from the airforce. Doesn't matter what I say, she seems to think about it for about five minutes and brush it off her shoulder into the unimportant pile. She does not understand that I am NOT paranoid, but that I know I am unprepared if the need for defense should show itself. Any thoughts, advice or personal experience with this sort of problem would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you all in advance, Doug