Ok, here's how it goes down!

[Major Tom]

Hiding gun purchases from the wife never worked for me as well as devious ways to get the gun. I found that open honesty always worked for me. If my future purchase (of anything) was high priced I was always honest about and presented my argument why I wanted it. Sometimes this actually worked! Of course, always being conciderate of her and doing a lot of the honey do;s helps too!