And yes, they do get over the pink thing. My daughter, now 14, is pretty much past it, but she’s still my sweetie girl. Not much of a shooter though. I need to get a 22-45 so she’ll try it.

In Oklahoma we called it the “make my day” law. If I feel I or my family are being threatened, and I shoot someone in my house or on my property, I am immune to prosecution. It’s sad that we had to pass a law to say that, though.

Here in Florida we have the Castle Doctrine, no tucking away out of sight is necessary. The one thing this state manages to get right.

Oh well, at least I don’t have to worry about answering the door with a .357 tucked into the small of my back … yet. Around here the creeps keep to the city, knowing they’re likely to be ventilated out here.

My favorite gun is a 30+ year old Marlin .30-.30. Beautiful wood stock, leather sling, and can shoot the eye out of a flea at 50 paces. Ok, I made that last part up but only because I wouldn’t be able to SEE the flea’s eye. We used it this summer to dismantle watermelons for the amusement (and edification) of the children – there were no parts larger than a half dollar left.

Little girls do get over the pink obsession eventually. Liberty Daughter – now 9 – insists on tactical black.

YES. We have that here too. WTF is it with the garage-door-always-open people? I really really don’t get it. Our nabes do the same thing. It’s like they’re announcing that they’re “open for bidness” every morning when the door goes up. Attention passing thieves and vandals: We have a garage full of STUFF. And the door doesn’t close ’til after dark most nights. Another “crime of opportunity” just waiting to happen, if you ask me and as usual no one has but fuck it.

MLG did ask me if I took my gun to the door, gave ME the fuckeye when I said ‘not that time.’ I never open the door for salespeople, hell, I even wait for UPS to leave before retrieving packages. Considering this little fuck did not come back for the lights last night when MLG was home, as he said he would, I will be answering the door today in the Modified Weaver stance.

Maybe its not a problem where you live, but I’m hearing more and more stories on the news about home invasions recently. Seems like every week there’s another incident. Women, men, old people – all of them getting beaten/stabbed/whatever.

I installed a “peephole” in our front door, but it took me forever to break my wife of opening the door for someone she doesn’t know.

If a thug wanted to break into our house, while he’s busy with the steel door and deadbolt she’d have time to fetch a gun and deal with him…. unless of course he just rings the doorbell. In that case she would happily open said door and say HI

If you look through the viewer and you don’t know the visitor, and aren’t expect company:

Don’t. open. the. door.

It’s like having caller id, seeing that its NOT someone you want to talk to, and then answering the phone anyway.

Probably not, and I guess that you’re allowed to have compassion here and there.

Oh, and a friend of mine bought one of those pink 22s and he helps his 4yo daughter shoot it. She’s also been duck hunting (an observer, not a hunter) with us and she goes to the range with us for pistol matches.

She really likes the pink grips. She’s such a girly girl.