sharp762:
Welcome to the forum and congrats on your plastic.
Your wife is understanably skittish, having had an ND death in the family.
Avoiding any such problems in the future, everyone must be aware of the Four Rules:
1. Treat all firearms as LOADED firearms.
2. Do not point a firearm at anything you don't want to destroy or kill.
3. Do not put your finger on the trigger until the second you are going to fire.
4. Be certain of your intended target, and anyone/anything behind your target.
IMHO, it seems that the hardest thing to get new shooters to do is to INDEX their trigger
finger along the slide of the gun when simpy holding their pistol.
Newbies have the bad habit of thinking that holding a handgun means that they have to
have their finger on the trigger. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
SIA
New CHL'er in the Dallas area
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Re: New CHL'er in the Dallas area
N. Texas LTC's hold 3 breakfasts each month. All are 800 AM. OC is fine.
2nd Saturdays: Rudy's BBQ, N. Dallas Pkwy, N.bound, N. of Main St., Frisco.
3rd Saturdays: Golden Corral, 465 E. I-20, Collins St exit, Arlington.
4th Saturdays: Sunny St. Cafe, off I-20, Exit 415, Mikus Rd, Willow Park.
2nd Saturdays: Rudy's BBQ, N. Dallas Pkwy, N.bound, N. of Main St., Frisco.
3rd Saturdays: Golden Corral, 465 E. I-20, Collins St exit, Arlington.
4th Saturdays: Sunny St. Cafe, off I-20, Exit 415, Mikus Rd, Willow Park.
Re: New CHL'er in the Dallas area
One day something small will happen that will make her spidey senses tingle and then afterwards she will ask if you are carrying. You will say, "Yes Dear, I was watching and ready" and then she will know. Mine became quite comfortable with me carrying very quickly, but was still a little surprised the first time I carried in church. She was okay with it, but didn't know I was until after Mass.sharp762 wrote:Any tips on how I can get the wife to become comfortable with my new accessory?
I am not and have never been a LEO. My avatar is in honor of my friend, Dallas Police Sargent Michael Smith, who was murdered along with four other officers in Dallas on 7.7.2016.
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