http://www.nrahab.com/2008/01/30/dont-push-the-issue/ The taste of bacon is the taste of freedom Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:41:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.nrahab.com/2008/01/30/dont-push-the-issue/#comment-11455 Annie Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:51:37 +0000 http://www.nrahab.com/2008/01/30/dont-push-the-issue/#comment-11455 Also, sometimes you have to resign yourself to the fact that it's just not some people's "thang". I love to shoot. My spousal unit doesn't. He's good at it, in fact he's achieved expert marksman twice when qualifying while in the service. He *can*, he just chooses not to. It's not emotional, it's not tied to anything in particular, ... he just doesn't dig it as much, so I go plinking alone. Also, sometimes you have to resign yourself to the fact that it’s just not some people’s “thang”. I love to shoot. My spousal unit doesn’t. He’s good at it, in fact he’s achieved expert marksman twice when qualifying while in the service.
He *can*, he just chooses not to. It’s not emotional, it’s not tied to anything in particular, … he just doesn’t dig it as much, so I go plinking alone.

]]> http://www.nrahab.com/2008/01/30/dont-push-the-issue/#comment-11395 Mike Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:57:12 +0000 http://www.nrahab.com/2008/01/30/dont-push-the-issue/#comment-11395 I appreciate your response to my comment at SayUncle, which he posted. I strongly agree with your assertion that time is the only thing that will lead my wife to try shooting. She is almost there now, after over a decade as a doctor. She participated in several gunshot cases in inner city ERs during her med school and intern years, the most gruesome of which was a child whose brother stupidly shot him while playing with a gun they found in a city park. Ahhh, Baltimore, I am so glad I now live elsewhere. Having seen what gunshots are like, I can't blame her for having no desire to shoot a gun. She has been on a deer hunt with her relatives, and helped haul out a nice buck. She has no problem with me having my CHL, and likes that our kids are not only "gun safe" but good shots. So I don't push, but I do invite her to the range every few months. Sooner or later she will come along, and I am convinced she will enjoy it. I appreciate your response to my comment at SayUncle, which he posted. I strongly agree with your assertion that time is the only thing that will lead my wife to try shooting. She is almost there now, after over a decade as a doctor. She participated in several gunshot cases in inner city ERs during her med school and intern years, the most gruesome of which was a child whose brother stupidly shot him while playing with a gun they found in a city park. Ahhh, Baltimore, I am so glad I now live elsewhere. Having seen what gunshots are like, I can’t blame her for having no desire to shoot a gun. She has been on a deer hunt with her relatives, and helped haul out a nice buck. She has no problem with me having my CHL, and likes that our kids are not only “gun safe” but good shots. So I don’t push, but I do invite her to the range every few months. Sooner or later she will come along, and I am convinced she will enjoy it.

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