December 9, 2017
What Being a Dad with a Gun Taught My Daughter
Years ago, my daughter Samantha and I were home in the afternoon (she was off school, second grade, and I was home with her) when there was a loud knock on the front door. When I answered, I discovered that there were about a hundred cops, including SWAT (tactical truck and all) at my door and in my front yard. They did not look very happy.
"Yes? Can I help you?" I asked, as I got about a hundred hard stares from our new guests.
"Daddy, how many cops are out there?" Sam asked.
"All of them, I think..."
"Sir, there was a bank robbery, and we think the robber is hiding in your backyard," said a highly impatient and well armed young man at my door. "Could you open your backyard gate?" Well, I wasn't going to miss this, so I grabbed the key, and, with many cops accompanying me, we opened up the gate. Then I was shooed back into the house and told to stay down.
So I went back in the...(Read Full Article)