I get that. He’s been around guns a bit- not a lot, but several times. This is a small pistol that you would take camping. I grew up in the country and we had a similar one that we took when waking in the pasture in case of snakes or wild dogs. His brother does not carry it around. It’s kept unloaded and locked in a case, taken to the range for classes or practice, and then returned to it’s case. He doesn’t talk to us, but maintains contact with his trumpster racist ‘Christian’ in-laws. I’m proud of him for helping his wife keep a good relationship with her family despite their differences, but disappointed that he won’t do the same for us.
If the gun is treated like the hazard it is, I doubt it’d be the sole reason for such behaviour. Maybe he is just using it as an excuse when there are other issues he is not bringing up? But yeah, I can’t possibly know all the intricacies of your family relationships and playing a remote family therapist is not the best thing to do. I hope you can find some common ground one day.
And sorry for throwing you into a “stereotypical American” bucket like that, it’s a bit too easy to find such people nowadays.
I get that. He’s been around guns a bit- not a lot, but several times. This is a small pistol that you would take camping. I grew up in the country and we had a similar one that we took when waking in the pasture in case of snakes or wild dogs. His brother does not carry it around. It’s kept unloaded and locked in a case, taken to the range for classes or practice, and then returned to it’s case. He doesn’t talk to us, but maintains contact with his trumpster racist ‘Christian’ in-laws. I’m proud of him for helping his wife keep a good relationship with her family despite their differences, but disappointed that he won’t do the same for us.
If the gun is treated like the hazard it is, I doubt it’d be the sole reason for such behaviour. Maybe he is just using it as an excuse when there are other issues he is not bringing up? But yeah, I can’t possibly know all the intricacies of your family relationships and playing a remote family therapist is not the best thing to do. I hope you can find some common ground one day.
And sorry for throwing you into a “stereotypical American” bucket like that, it’s a bit too easy to find such people nowadays.