The Big Guy
Regular Member
Hello! I'm new here and this is my first post. Yay! =)
I'm interested in open carrying and have read through this thread and have really gotten inspired so I appreciate everyone posting and sharing.
Unfortunately, my HUSBAND (see, girls aren't always the wussy ones =) is very against me open carrying. He has a friend who is very into concealed and keeps telling him all these horror stories and miss information about open carry. I did send him to this website, but he pretty much picked out all the stories about people getting hassled and all the really negative stuff.
To be honest I'm a little nervous about just doing it. I'm a non confrontational person so I'm not sure how I would react to negativity and I think being asked to leave would make me cry. =)
I was raised in Tennessee, gun control is something that I learned along with walking. It's something I've taught to my son. When we go home for the holidays we always go to the range with my family and make a fun day of it. My husband shoots, not as well as I do... =) But he's always the first one to step up and try out whatever new toy my parents have gotten. I'm just not sure how to loosen him up. I can relate to the previous post where the guy was carrying to the grocery store and got the cold shoulder from his wife. I would totally be in the dog house.
Does anyone have any advise on how to ease him into it when his issue isn't that he doesn't like shooting and doesn't have an issue with me carrying, as long as its not open?
Also, since it was brought up during the thread, from a girls point of view and even for a child, the best thing to do to get a girl or kid involved is to take them to an outdoor range with a 22 and shake up some soda cans. They are fun to shoot and the cans are fun to see results with so it makes it a funny yet informational trip. =)
Welcome to OC.org and thanks for saying hello. Tell your hubby to lighten up. Maybe a good way to change his sheepish way of thinking would be to bring him to the next get together. There is usually a lunch on the first Saturday of every month. By hanging out with all us low life gun toters, he may learn that maybe the idea does have some merit.
My wife was, shall we say, cautious, about the idea at first, but now she OC's. He'll most likely get used to it if he sees you do it with no alarms, sirens or arrests being made. He will be shocked to see that nobody runs in panic at the site of you and your firearm. Maybe you can find someone in your area to buddy up with the first few times. Learn the "rules" and you will be good to go.
TBG