Well, it's been a long, strange trip indeed, but I think Hell may be ready to freeze over.
I started carrying a handgun shortly after being discharged from the service.
My mother was not happy about it, but she knew she wasn't going to change my mind, so she tolerated bumping into a hard object beneath my shirt from time to time.
Comments were made in both directions over the years, but I never pushed the issue.
She would ask a question about my gun, or about my carrying it, and I would give her the best answer I could.
Years go by and the world changes...
A few years back I started volunteering to teach the NSSF's "First-Shots" program for first time shooters.
I talked mom into attending a class, and what do you know, she LIKED it!
Mom just came home for a visit recently and told me she was considering buying a handgun to keep at her home in Florida.
I was blown away at the change, but I thought I'd take advantage of the change of heart.
I asked mom if she would accept a pistol from me for Mother's Day and she said yes!
I just sent her a Bersa Thunder .380 yesterday, and called to let her know it is on the way.
She told me she had visited a gun shop local to her to check out the Florida regulations.
The nice people at her local shop told her they are running a Mother's Day special on the Florida concealed license classes and she signed herself up!
Yes, it's been a long journey, but the outcome is SO worth it, even though it cost me a pistol.
GO MOM!
I started carrying a handgun shortly after being discharged from the service.
My mother was not happy about it, but she knew she wasn't going to change my mind, so she tolerated bumping into a hard object beneath my shirt from time to time.
Comments were made in both directions over the years, but I never pushed the issue.
She would ask a question about my gun, or about my carrying it, and I would give her the best answer I could.
Years go by and the world changes...
A few years back I started volunteering to teach the NSSF's "First-Shots" program for first time shooters.
I talked mom into attending a class, and what do you know, she LIKED it!
Mom just came home for a visit recently and told me she was considering buying a handgun to keep at her home in Florida.
I was blown away at the change, but I thought I'd take advantage of the change of heart.
I asked mom if she would accept a pistol from me for Mother's Day and she said yes!
I just sent her a Bersa Thunder .380 yesterday, and called to let her know it is on the way.
She told me she had visited a gun shop local to her to check out the Florida regulations.
The nice people at her local shop told her they are running a Mother's Day special on the Florida concealed license classes and she signed herself up!
Yes, it's been a long journey, but the outcome is SO worth it, even though it cost me a pistol.
GO MOM!
