I won't write them off. They are family. Though I did find out why my sister is so against guns, after talking to my brother about it. Her son's dad was very controlling and abusive. He had guns in his place. Always had one in his bedroom. We don't know if he threatened her with one or she just tied guns to violent controlling people. I think she wants to protect her son from "people like that". I'm going to give it time.
My first post, and it's been awhile on this thread...
But if things are going good, offer to teach her about gun safety.
Cover the four basic rules, and show her how to clear and or render one inoperable.
My daughter had a gun issue for a long time. When she mentioned it after her daughter was born, I told her that even if she didn't want one, or like them- she should at least know how to make sure one is safe in the event that she was ever in the situation where one was found / left unsecure by someone / her child ever picked one up at someone else's home.
I gave her a good long class using as many different types of firearms as I could.
She actually listened and learned as much as I could hope for. Told me thank you for taking the time to teach her, and she had learned some things she was unaware of about guns that eased her mind some.
A few months later-
She was shooting my AR15, my 45 and .22's with me and my siblings.
Now, is looking to get her first handgun for home defense... because of her 8mo old.
I realize it may not work out as well as my situation did.
But it helped that I presented her with a logical situation, because many of her friends and family own guns and often babysits for her.
