Firearm Aquisitions
By Stephen Graham
It is tough to be married and a gun nut. Your partner never understands the necessity for the purchase of one more firearm. In practical language one firearm might be enough. One pistol, one rifle and one shotgun. That sounds normal, doesn't it? Who said that normalcy affects gun ownership. My wife has witnessed my purchases of firearms. Time is important concerning the actions of your wife in regard to firearm purchases. One purchase every five or six years does not seem out of the norm. A gun could wear out through usage during that time frame. It is the other purchases that have to be carried on in a clandestine fashion.
Who needs several gun purchase a year? No one really needs that many guns. It is not a need but an obsession. What are you going to do with that many firearms? You only have one set of arms. No one has taught me how to shoot with my feet yet.
I always explain to my wife that firearms acquisitions are an investment in our future. I take out an old book and show her how firearm prices have risen over a 30 year period. My trips to the gun shows are not hidden from my wife. The fast flight from the truck to my gun vault are conducted at record speed.
I sold most of my guns after my return from service in the army overseas. I was sick of what they could do to my fellow man. I did my time as a scout which involved training on many different weapons systems. After a couple of months of an empty gun locker I began to miss the hunting ventures of my youth. I first bought a gun for target practice. Shooting this firearm began to bring back more memories of my youth. Solo trips to the field began to rejuvenate my interest in the shooting sports. I grew up shooting rabbits and squirrels on my families farm.
My wife is not a gun nut but she does understand my purchases as long as they are reasonable. Reasonable left this house many years ago. Because of the high crime rate in our area my wife asked me for a firearm for one of her Christmas presents one year. I purchased a pistol that I felt that she could tolerate. Range sessions began to follow.
Although she is not the best shot on the planet she can hold her own in risky situations. I hope to get her involved more in the shooting sports so that I will be able to avoid the looks of hopelessness that grace her countenance upon her witnessing another firearm purchase.
Upon my death these guns better be worth the price that I have been quoting to my wife or there may be unpleasant repercussions. I do not want to go to hell for lying.
Steve Graham is an avid hunter and fisherman and shares his experiences and knowledge with others.
http://buckskinnews.blogspot.com/
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http://huntn-n-fishn.blogspot.com/
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By Stephen Graham
It is tough to be married and a gun nut. Your partner never understands the necessity for the purchase of one more firearm. In practical language one firearm might be enough. One pistol, one rifle and one shotgun. That sounds normal, doesn't it? Who said that normalcy affects gun ownership. My wife has witnessed my purchases of firearms. Time is important concerning the actions of your wife in regard to firearm purchases. One purchase every five or six years does not seem out of the norm. A gun could wear out through usage during that time frame. It is the other purchases that have to be carried on in a clandestine fashion.
Who needs several gun purchase a year? No one really needs that many guns. It is not a need but an obsession. What are you going to do with that many firearms? You only have one set of arms. No one has taught me how to shoot with my feet yet.
I always explain to my wife that firearms acquisitions are an investment in our future. I take out an old book and show her how firearm prices have risen over a 30 year period. My trips to the gun shows are not hidden from my wife. The fast flight from the truck to my gun vault are conducted at record speed.
I sold most of my guns after my return from service in the army overseas. I was sick of what they could do to my fellow man. I did my time as a scout which involved training on many different weapons systems. After a couple of months of an empty gun locker I began to miss the hunting ventures of my youth. I first bought a gun for target practice. Shooting this firearm began to bring back more memories of my youth. Solo trips to the field began to rejuvenate my interest in the shooting sports. I grew up shooting rabbits and squirrels on my families farm.
My wife is not a gun nut but she does understand my purchases as long as they are reasonable. Reasonable left this house many years ago. Because of the high crime rate in our area my wife asked me for a firearm for one of her Christmas presents one year. I purchased a pistol that I felt that she could tolerate. Range sessions began to follow.
Although she is not the best shot on the planet she can hold her own in risky situations. I hope to get her involved more in the shooting sports so that I will be able to avoid the looks of hopelessness that grace her countenance upon her witnessing another firearm purchase.
Upon my death these guns better be worth the price that I have been quoting to my wife or there may be unpleasant repercussions. I do not want to go to hell for lying.
Steve Graham is an avid hunter and fisherman and shares his experiences and knowledge with others.
http://buckskinnews.blogspot.com/
http://goodstuffintexas.blogspot.com/
http://huntn-n-fishn.blogspot.com/
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Stephen_Graham
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