It's Time to Talk About What Guns Have to Do With Dating

[SecularMotion]

"So can we talk about your guns?"

You've watched pundits and politicos debate the issue. Maybe you've joined in the hashtag chorus, whether #NotOneMore or #ProGun. But in order to truly save lives, the conversation has to get intimate. "We need to start talking about gun safety in our relationships — now," says Rob Valente, vice president of policy for the National Domestic Violence Hotline.

Nearly one-third of all U.S. households had at least one gun in 2014. And those weapons are three times as likely to be owned by a man than a woman, according to a 2013 Pew Research Center report. Does the person you're dating own a firearm? Have you ever talked about gun safety?

For Jessica, a 26-year-old in Sheridan, Illinois, shooting is a shared interest with her fiancé. "We talk about guns openly," she says. "I know that he's responsible." But some women don't even know where to start the conversation. Emily, a 21-year-old college student in Baltimore, says that "most younger people have similar views on issues like sex and birth control so those are generally less controversial topics. But a lot of people my age have different views on guns, so it's something that I'd be less likely to talk about openly."

http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a52999/guns-and-relationships/

[ileus]

1. The discussion should start in the range.

Every new couple should schedule a range date, to access the others ability to protect one another.

[JonathanRackham]

2. Everything in a relationship should be honest and open.

Both sides.

Good article. Good intent. Mediocre execution. Partial misleading information.

The irony is Shannon Watts boss surrounds himself with armed body guards.

[flamin lib]

3. Has it occurred to you that he gets daily death threats from the gun nuts among us?

Funny thing but I've never heard of a gun advocate receiving a death threat from Shannon Watts or Bloomberg.

[DonP]

4. I guess wishing that a black gun owners arms were broken or that they all be drowned doesn't count?

Because your side of the discussion has called for that and worse multiple times right here on DU.

Let me guess, that doesn't count because all those posts and posters weren't serious?

I think both hypocrites Bloomberg and his well paid, GMO supporting, shill Shannon Watts are both full of shit about threats.

They need to do anything they can to keep demonizing all gun owners, or they have nothing to say. Besides, why bother threatening somebody that keeps losing every issue they take up. Why even bother with an "organization" with no members?

Please keep them at the head of your parade, no wonder you can't get shit done legislatively or in the courts.

[JonathanRackham]

5. He's just more equal than the avarage Joe and Jane.

A regular 1% elitist.

Watts and Bloomberg have advocated violence by proxy.

[flamin lib]

8. Really? Please elaborate.

Have you received any death threats from anti violence groups?

[beevul]

6. Do you support Bloombergs attacks against McAuliffe?

Seems an easy enough question to answer.

Alternatively, the running track is that way. ----->

[Eleanors38]

7. Bloomberg should have the right to armed protection. Like the rest of us. nt

[Eleanors38]

9. Uh, rimfires?