My fiancee takes another step to appreciating my firearms. She was watching the news last night and was horrified by the looting and violence going on across the country. We live in a nice residential, quiet section of Sparks, NV away from the hustle and bustle of the big city of Reno where they had a protest turn into a looting/shopping spree for some agitators. I was also watching the news and after I told her about a driveby at a federal building in Oakland that killed one and put another in a hospital, she asked me if I had a gun next to me. I replied yes, as I always have one handy. She repeated the query and asked if it was close and I reassured her yes, and that she was safe and secure.
From asking what was in my safe and wanting to see my collection, to telling me to go visit an LGS when she went out of town a few years back, to telling me to go practice up on my shooting to make sure a specific rifle of mine was working properly, wondering where I go shooting (we take drives all around the county to escape cabin fever) then piquing her interest to someday watch me go shooting, it is a slow but continuing path leading her to possibly getting to shoot a firearm herself. She has finally seen the value of owning one. Her reluctance about firearms comes from her father accidentally firing his pistol when he was putting it away, so her brothers couldn't get it when they were growing up.
Sorry for change of subject here, but anyone else have similar experiences of introducing others to firearms?