When is the right time to...?

[OCRancher]

Originally Posted by Bonecutter

I don't CCW but always try to break the firearms hobby/lifestyle thing on date one. I have had too many relationships start to go well only to find they are narrow minded gun haters.

If its gonna end might as well end quick. Plus if you drop the "You like to shoot guns?" and she says "hell yeah"......she just might be a keeper.

I remember being on a first date and seeing Phone Booth. As the shooter is decribing his remington 700 ......my date leans in and says
"I don't know what that is".....me thinking.... cool... I have one in the safe at home. I tell her its a bolt action rifle commonly used by police and military and can hit someone over 600 yards away.

She leans back in and says "Why would anyone own such a thing???"
She was cute too......

Hey, you gotta have your standards...

[DVSmith]

Originally Posted by Bonecutter

I don't CCW but always try to break the firearms hobby/lifestyle thing on date one. I have had too many relationships start to go well only to find they are narrow minded gun haters.

If its gonna end might as well end quick. Plus if you drop the "You like to shoot guns?" and she says "hell yeah"......she just might be a keeper.

I remember being on a first date and seeing Phone Booth. As the shooter is decribing his remington 700 ......my date leans in and says
"I don't know what that is".....me thinking.... cool... I have one in the safe at home. I tell her its a bolt action rifle commonly used by police and military and can hit someone over 600 yards away.

She leans back in and says "Why would anyone own such a thing???"
She was cute too......

The correct response is "The same reason someone might have more than one pair of shoes, because they can!" She would have totally understood that!

Kids these days! Don't they teach you ANYTHING????

[NSP]

That's a tuffy.....When IS the right time to tell your SO that it actually IS a pistol in your pocket?

I'd inform them on the first date, that way there is no misconceptions, and if they have a problem with it you don't have to invest unnecessary time and energy on a 2nd date.

[NiteQwill]

I'm also curious on how you inform family members? I have a pretty close-knit family in Nevada, I mean, we literally celebrate every holiday, birthday, and any other party inbetween with each other, religiously. There are kids, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. How do you guys approach that scenario?

[OCRancher]

Originally Posted by NiteQwill

I'm also curious on how you inform family members? I have a pretty close-knit family in Nevada, I mean, we literally celebrate every holiday, birthday, and any other party inbetween with each other, religiously. There are kids, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. How do you guys approach that scenario?

Sounds like you need your own "Range Day".

[NSP]

Originally Posted by NiteQwill

I'm also curious on how you inform family members? I have a pretty close-knit family in Nevada, I mean, we literally celebrate every holiday, birthday, and any other party inbetween with each other, religiously. There are kids, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. How do you guys approach that scenario?

"(Insert familymember here) I have a CCW permit and I carry a pistol with me"

If your family is close knit then why would you have a problem telling them?

If it's not so close knit then don't tell them. I can't think of a reason why they would NEED to know.

[THE Gimper]

Most of my immediate family knows. It really wasn't a big deal for me to tell them.

[NiteQwill]

Originally Posted by NSP

"(Insert familymember here) I have a CCW permit and I carry a pistol with me"

If your family is close knit then why would you have a problem telling them?

If it's not so close knit then don't tell them. I can't think of a reason why they would NEED to know.

They already know my familiarity with firearms. But it's the much more conservative family members I am concerned about.

My question should have been better clarified. As far as close knit, little nieces and nephews play and want to hold onto Uncle all night, they want me to toss them in the air and lay with them on the floor coloring coloring books all night (which I greatly enjoy btw ). Now obviously, CCWing limits this, or does it?

And I have no problem telling them (and understandably, my family is also hierarchal, to say the least, elders are very respected and I wouldn't want to piss on the shoes of one of them), it's the effects of (^^^above^^^) that could be the limit.

[Glock Holiday]

The more I think about questions regarding a relationship with someone I love.I cant think of a better bunch of people to ask....people with such names as.. Bonecutter..1bubba..Hoser..and the list goes on. The names alone tell me Im going to get great advice.Just my 2 cents.

[DVSmith]

Originally Posted by Glock Holiday

The more I think about questions regarding a relationship with someone I love.I cant think of a better bunch of people to ask....people with such names as.. Bonecutter..1bubba..Hoser..and the list goes on. The names alone tell me Im going to get great advice.Just my 2 cents.

It's the Internet! We are here to help! Don't you trust us? As it turns out, this group is one of the first I would look to for advice, but then I know most of them and even the ones I don't agree with on all issues I would trust with my life, maybe not my wife, but certainly my life!

[THE Gimper]

Originally Posted by Glock Holiday

The more I think about questions regarding a relationship with someone I love.I cant think of a better bunch of people to ask....people with such names as.. Bonecutter..1bubba..Hoser..and the list goes on. The names alone tell me Im going to get great advice.Just my 2 cents.

If he were seeking legal advice I would be inclined to agree with you. But he's just seeking a little advice on a minor matter from a group of people who have experience with CCW. I don't think it's a big deal.

[Spicy McHaggis]

Originally Posted by NiteQwill

I had a discussion with a buddy a few days ago and we stumbled upon a question neither of us figured was the correct way to approach.

When is the right time to inform someone you're dating, in a relationship, blah blah that you CCW? Right off the bat? 2nd, 5th date? All joking aside, what about in the heat of the moment of ? Do you stop? Inform them? Continue and risk having them freak out from the sight of your handgun on your hip? Or...?

"Is that a gun on your hip or are you happy to see me?"

[AMS MIKE]

Good question and certainly some good opinions.

My parents are unaware of my CCW and passion for firearms. They know I have been shooting before, hence the sillowette on my office door. But they are such old fashioned and they don't quite understand the risk i take everyday for the need to be armed. When I feel its time to tell them, I will.

Its just like when i started my business years ago. I never told them for 6 months because they would have just told me I would fail. I didn't need to hear that from them.

On the other hand my closests friends; some happen to be LEO's know and they support my choice.

As for a date, I would tell them right away. If they didn't like the fact that i was armed, I wouldn't want to go any further unless it involved. . . .

[thegratenate]

Range day,

If I wasn't already married I would take every girl I meet to the range, you know doing interviews.

Those have got to be some of the wisest words I have read on the net in months. "Take her to the range". Heck, wouldn't it save some time to just pick up girls at the range? Now that would be efficient.

[AMS MIKE]

Originally Posted by thegratenate

Range day,

If I wasn't already married I would take every girl I meet to the range, you know doing interviews.

Those have got to be some of the wisest words I have read on the net in months. "Take her to the range". Heck, wouldn't it save some time to just pick up girls at the range? Now that would be efficient.

Thats what happened. Now everyone is fighting over Trinity. The Dual is tomorrow at the Range.

ChrisG vs. CalCCW03 "Two men walk in, only one will leave"