Since nov I’ve been experiencing what I can only communicate as existential dread. Now as a family man I have more to lose as well.
When the word was floating around that if a certain individual who wanted to be healthSec got confirmed, he’d want to do “wellness” camps, I decided I for the first time wanted to go to a range and fire a firearm. I’ve lived in a relatively safe high COL area in the Bay Area and crime in general is very very low here. I’ve never worried about needing a weapon at home, my whole fear is that things may devolve to such a degree that I may actually want some weapons should brown coats go door to door. That I will not go down like this family member and I would rather go out shooting than be put on a bus to be taken some where to be murdered by the state.
I’ve tried to make a concise and detailed argument to my wife on what I want, a pistol and a rifle, and my plans to secure it. A vaulttek 800i smart cabinet safe thing. I told her how it would work and how things would be secure. I told her how I’d not only use the app but integrate it into our smart home so she’d get camera feeds and instant critical alerts if it was ever opened.
And most importantly I relinquished any idea that I would have ammo near the weapons. In fact I went so far to say I’d have them locked securely and stored at a friends house so I’d have to go there to load and unload before and after any range time. And that not a single bullet would make it home with me.
Not unless things got so bad that I should have things at home. Then in which we’d have a whole lot more to worry about than an accidental discharge in the house.
And she straight up said, despite me relaying that this has nothing to do with personal security but existential crisis and not wanting to suffer the same fate, that if I pushed to have a firearm at home she’d divorce me.
She said I could still go to the range and practice but she doesn’t want to see photos or videos.
I don’t know what to do.
— A_Little_Wookie in Welp. In a pickle with spouse over becoming an owner and responsible operator at Reddit
[h/t Rob Romano]
Wow. You can lead a horse to water. But you cannot make him drink it.
@Chris: Sad thing in this case is the bad guys will make them wish they had drank, i.e., been better prepared.
He’s a typical Beta-male.
Darkman,
The husband confirmed your assertion with his statement, “… I relinquished [to my wife] any idea that I would have …”
Any husband who relinquishes his responsibility to provide for the safety of his family is a beta-male by definition.
If you don’t educate the population on what rights they have. And their responsibilities. Then I’m not surprised so many think this way. And they won’t understand the consequences until it’s too late.
Call her bluff. If she divorces you it was going to happen sometime anyway
One of my coworkers just experienced this very situation last year, after 15 years of marriage. Although it was for more than simply gun ownership, that was part of the mix. She was a bona fide Lefty, and he was a politically agnostic guy on their wedding day (I’ve known them both since before they started dating). Along the way, he eventually red-pilled and bought some guns, which she hated. In fact, she forbade him to join me for a gun safety course, which you’d think would be the very thing she’d actually demand he take if he wanted to have a gun in the house. Enough finally became enough, and she divorced him last year.
He still owns his guns. 🙂
RFK Jr. says “maybe eating a bunch of artificial and synthetic food additives isn’t the best thing for us.”
Lefty lunatic hears: “you’ll be rounded up and sent to health camps.”
These people. 🙄
Yeah, this again? Hahahaha. I don’t know if this particular comment is real, but I’ve seen many very similar to this since the election. They really do believe that, especially regarding tranz. You might wonder how people could be so out of touch with reality that they vote for Democrats these days, but then you listen to them and understand completely.
Shire-man,
I am still laughing out loud. Sadly, your comment is spot-on.
“I don’t know what to do”
Help her pack…and wave from the door step.
Take Boomer’s comment to heart and follow the advise of JimB.
beat it nerd. your stash will bring you pleasure to the end. you will grow tired of that mitt loong before you lay down.nas my buddy murph says, “like this.” and he means it.
Hoppes #9 is the answer, lefty. Best smelling aftershave ever. She’ll come around.
Here’s a piece of advice from someone who’s been married for over 40 years: when one spouse ends a discussion with “you are forbidden to…” in connection with a moral and/or lawful activity go ahead, call a lawyer and get it over with. At least you’ll get to keep at least half your stuff.
“When the word was floating around that if a certain individual who wanted to be healthSec got confirmed, he’d want to do “wellness” camps, I decided I for the first time wanted to go to a range and fire a firearm. … my whole fear is that things may devolve to such a degree that I may actually want some weapons should brown coats go door to door. That I will not go down like this family member and I would rather go out shooting than be put on a bus to be taken some where to be murdered by the state.”
LoL
this guy is typical left wing looney delusional.
First, the “wellness” camps he imagines he is going to rounded up and forced into against his will by brown coats to be “murdered by the state” – is a complete left-wing fabrication. Kennedy wanted to establish government funded drug rehab ‘centers’ he called ‘wellness farms’. Kennedy said he would create rehabilitation wellness farms where people with drug-related issues (including with psychiatric drugs) can go for a program of rehabilitation that would include job training and growing organic food for their own consumption. Its completely voluntary and free, funded by tax dollars. One could even (with court agreement) choose to go to the rehab program in lieu of going to prison for certain drug related crimes. Those who go would grow ans raise their own food, organic food, get drug rehab, get jobs training, teach them how to reconnect with their communities and family. We have a whole generation of kids who are dispossessed, they’re alienated, they’re marginalized. Their suicide rates are exploding. … Last year, 107,000 American kids died from drug overdoses, namely fentanyl and other opiates – they didn’t have any intervention, no place to go for help, Kennedy just wanted to give these people with drug issue help.
The left-wing loons turned it into “If Trump is elected and Kennedy is health secretary, MAGA will be going door to door to round up the left wing to force them into a concentration camp called a ‘wellness camp’.
Its the same type of lie they put out for the Trans and gay people.
moderation here is getting to be tedious. Is there like a list of words we are not suppose to use? If so would y’all please post them so the rest of us can play the game too?
I compiled a list to help navigate that other site when moderation got bad. I have not tested all of these here since you can’t edit comments. I might test it on an old article some day since Dan doesn’t allow us to edit or delete comments.
FYI: you can post intact links on this and the other site now. Also, since the other site’s makeover, it appears that the moderation is mostly gone. I tested several of the words in one comment, and it posted without moderation. Hey Dan, that means they got one up on you. You should really look into revising this setup.
SOME MODERATED WORDS AND PHRASES
t-r-a-n-n-i
t-r-a-n-z (included in any word)
s-e-cks (included in any word)
g-a-e
yet (plus) another
someone (plus) else
article (plus) content
c-a-s-i-n-o
d-r-i-n-k-i-n-g
s-o-c-i-a-l (ist, ism)
v-a-c-c-i-n-a-t-i-o-n
h-o-m-o (etc.)
l-i-t-t-l-e
b-o-y-c-o-t-t
d-e-m-o-r-a-l-i-z-a-t-i-o-n
s-u-r-v-e-y
a-r-e very fine people
n-a-t-u-r-a-l-i-z-a-t-i-o-n
Dump her ass.
These things have to be worked in over time. For example, first you talk about a friend who got a gun, maybe a friend she knows. Ask her what she thinks about that. Don’t bring up the topic again for a few weeks.
Next, say you are going with a friend to a range to watch some shooting event or practice. You were inv igted, and you may go out for lunch after.
Maybe a month later, you say you are going to taker a class to learn more about firearms. It was recommended by the local PD. And say how much fun you had, and act that way.
Then maybe another month later you say you are thinking about getting your own firearm for home defense and to practice with your friends. Talk about the cost, the security of having it available, etc.
Maybe she will still say no but you don’t have to stop asking.
Get it? This is the process of familiarizing a spouse with the idea giving her time to adjust. Sounds like maybe you went the straight-through-the-front-door approach.
No fixing that one. It’s surreal to me that people can be so hung up on the dangers of an inanimate object but refuse to educate themselves
Him: You’re starting to remind me of my ex wife
Her: You said you’d never been married before
Him: I wasn’t
No matter how pretty she is…Someone…Somewhere…Hates her guts.
yeah, i got that response when i commented on a rare strange beauty years ago. my friend said “somewhere there’s someone who can’t stand the sight of her.”
Divorce her. You were mistaken thinking that she was a keeper. It is inevitable and the longer you wait, the more expensive it will be (for you, not her).
Here is a stark summary of the situation:
Husband proposes over-the-top safe firearm ownership to protect the lives of all family members from criminal attack.
Wife forbids firearm ownership which endangers the lives of all family members (in the event of criminal attack).
Wife thus elevates dogma over the lives of her family.
I consider the wife to be an existential threat to the family. The husband is therefore doing a disservice to his family if he keeps the wife around. That is incredibly sad but true.
Fun thought: if the husband can keep ammunition at a friend’s home, why not keep firearms at the friend’s home as well? They are just as readily available as keeping the firearms at home and the ammunition at the friend’s home. And yet both the firearms and the ammunition would be available within several minutes if some catastrophe was imminent.
my brit neighbor served in their army and so is familiar with hi-powers. i offered him a hungarian clone, which gets the job done, and he broached it to his wife.
“hey, jo- what do you think about having a gun in the house for protection?”
“you’re not bringing a gun into this house.”
“why not?”
(few seconds pause…) “because i’d shoot you with it.”
I feel like almost everyone completely overlooked the real story here.
Since nov [you know, the election!]…I may actually want some weapons should brown coats go door to door.
always to.