So his daughter's date shows up...

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My daughter is eleven, so it'll be a few years before she starts dating. That Said (tm), her first date(s) will be chaperoned trips to my club for some trap, skeet, rifle and pistol practice. :evil: :neener:

Now my son on the other hand (he is 4) wants to have his Birthday party at the club. We'll probably do that for his 8th or 9th B-day. Anyone want to volunteer to help out with a bunch of kids on 11/1/2009 ????
Free Ice Cream and Cake !!!!
 
Let your kids know you will always be there for them, to educate them, to protect them, to encourage them, and to support them. Make sure they know how to take care of themselves, including calling for backup.

Get to know the kids who associate with your kids. Be respectable and respectful. They will figure out that you are an involved parent. And they will quickly realize form associating with you and your kids that if they cross your daugther, and she fails to kick their butt, you will hold the miscreant down so she can finish the job properly. You won't have to say a word to get this message across.

Teach a kid to handle snakes, and the kid is not likely to get bit.

Respect is _much_ more important than fear.
 
My daughter had some boyfriends (ex) that had stopped by to see her. They told her, " Hey there's a patrol car parked out front", she said, "I know, it's my dad". Some never came back. :evil:
 
I never had to warn my daughter's dates about my two friends, Smith and Wesson.

My daughter always did that for me! :D

Cheers,
ChickenHawk
 
I think when my daughter brings home her suitors, I'll smile, bring them into my office, sit them down, chit chat about worthless BS with them for a few minutes and then casually slide a target across the desk at them. I have this target already. Its a lovely little target, about the size of a half dollar with a cluster of little holes all right in the center most of them touching each other.

I envision the exchange something like this:

POTENTIAL SUITOR: :what: Uhm... yes sir I get the message....

ME: No son I really do not think you understand.....

POTENTIAL SUITOR: Uhm yes sir, I am being told that you could hurt me and that you are pretty damn good with a rifle so I better be pretty damned good to your daughter.

ME: No son, not at all... I'm NOT telling you that *I* am any good with a rifle at all.

POTENTIAL SUITOR: :confused: huh?

ME: Son, that was my little girl's first 'live fire' target. I'm pretty proud of her. She has gotten a lot better in the last four years. .....Oh and by the way... my wife can out shoot her daughter. I'd treat them both with respect and deference. ;)

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(As if it needs to be said... this is all tounge in cheek...a joke. I hardly think it appropriate to actually threaten anyone becasue they want to court your kid. Not to say that setting the mood as one of accountability and respect is not the order of the day, I just do not see doing it with a firearm or threats.)
 
CGofMP, FWIW, I think showing them your daughter's shooting ability is a good idea whether or not you say "you do... and I'll..." You were saying that about respect and such... what is it they say... "an armed society is a polite society". My sister's boyfriends haven't been able to outshoot her (since she learned at the same time I did which is four years younger than I did). One of her other callers (whom I've described in other threads as "swordboy") got extremely mad when she outshot him... with my revolver. My sister's husband is a ex-deputy sheriff, so he had to qual with whatever his dept issued, but the way he acts when I'm around with my guns and hearing us tell about my sister, he suddenly gets really really quiet. The upside there, though, is that he's supportive of his son learning guns and shooting partly from his wife's brother. I sometimes wonder how unusual that is.
 
Like we couldn't see those last two posts coming. (I know... tongue in cheek.)

A daughter who can shoot is a daughter to be proud of. :cool:

A woman who likes guns and shooting and will take care of herself is one to marry. :cool:

Big difference. :cool:
 
Scout if you think you have a few years to wait and your daughter is 11 you are not listening.....you might have a year or two at MOST>

My first and only comment on this was when a nice young man I had know for a while came to the door for my daughters first real date. I simply said "I want you to know, if you hurt her, I will beat your head soft and mushy" He knew what i meant and that i meant it. They went our for a while and about a month later my daughter stopped calling him. Said he was nice but not what she was looking for. I am also a realist in knowing that males are not the only ones who have hormones. My house phone regularly rings at 6 am with breathless young ladies wanting to speak to my son before school in the morning. Dads, you might want to talk to you wives about how women mature earlier and faster than young men.
 
My method will be similar to the one used by CGofMP.......the only question will be "shotgun or rifle?" I need a good caption for the second picture, though.

For the moment I'm quite happy that the pool of potential candidates is largely made up of kids she has met at the range.


Len in PHoenix
 

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Got a kick out of the picture. Thought it was cute. That has been a long going joke for years.
As to it being a real threat, I don't thing that anyone would really shoot a boy for dating their daughter. :uhoh:
I was once a teenage girl (back when dinosaurs ruled the earth) and my parents raised me "right." But I was also raised to be strong and independent. And also able to make my own decisions as to whether or not to have sex. I know that my parents did not want me to do it, but I was well educated enough to protect myself and to choose my suitors wisely. You can't stop teenage hormones just because you don't want to see your child grow up. :( That said, I'm sure that if someone forced themselves on me or something like that, all hell would have broken lose. :cuss:
I am sure I will be the same way with my daughter when she gets old enough to start dating. However she will NOT be dating before the age of 16. :what: (She is 10 months old now.) Most girls younger than that are just way to immature to make informed decisions about life changing situations. :rolleyes:
Hopefully by the time she starts dating, she will have a nice collection of guns and be able to handle them like a pro. That way, if SHE wants to chase the boys off, that saves me or her dad from having to do it! :evil:
 
I was once a teenage girl (back when dinosaurs ruled the earth) and my parents raised me "right." But I was also raised to be strong and independent. And also able to make my own decisions as to whether or not to have sex. I know that my parents did not want me to do it, but I was well educated enough to protect myself and to choose my suitors wisely. You can't stop teenage hormones just because you don't want to see your child grow up. That said, I'm sure that if someone forced themselves on me or something like that, all hell would have broken lose.
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My daughter is only 3. I hope she turns out just the way you did.
 
I need a good caption for the second picture, though
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How about, "You do not want to make her turn around!" :evil:


Missashot, I like your style. I believe that there are way too many people out there who have children and have forgotten that the word PARENT is also a verb.

Based on what I have read on THR for the past few years, I also think that the quality of parenting by our members is outstanding.
It seems that responsable gun owners are usually responsable parents.
 
Scout if you think you have a few years to wait and your daughter is 11 you are not listening.....you might have a year or two at MOST>
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Yeah Pete, they may come sniffing, but Mrs Scout has stated no dating until age 16.

She's been Turkey Hunting since she was 9. Hasn't gotten one yet, but when she does, like CGofMP, I'll use that picture of her with her first wild turkey, holding her shotgun. I think the caption will read "Don't Be A Turkey Around My Daughter".

Then off we go to the range !!! :D

My son will be nine by then, I can just picture him either busting a long string of clays or ventilating the COM of a target, and turning the "Dator" and saying with a wink "Just in case Dad misses.....and Dad never misses !!!!"
 
My wife's parents never tried the intimidation thing with me. They have a couple of guns, but they also live a half a mile from my dad's house, so they knew the amount of shooting that we did. Anything over a .22, and they can hear it. We met at college 800 miles away, though- but that's another story.

Funny thing, though, I was sitting at the kitchen table in a wifebeater (not normal for me, but I had just taken off the polo shirt I had been wearing) cleaning my 870 when my sister walked in with a guy and sat down at the couch. I honestly had no idea he was coming over- but it was funny all the same. Musta worked, too- he didn't last long after that.:D
 
Qoute,
"How about "A woman that can take your breath away...LITERALLY""

Yeah, nothing can take your breath away like a sucking chest wound!;)
 
My daughter is only 3. I hope she turns out just the way you did.
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I'm Sure she will be LOTS better! :D

Missashot, I like your style. I believe that there are way too many people out there who have children and have forgotten that the word PARENT is also a verb.
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Thank you. I'm just plain 'ole me. :p
I agree about more people needing to step up and be a part of their children's lives. That is one thing that impresses me about most people here on THR. The seems to be a lot of involvement on the part of parents here. I especially like the idea that most of the guys here try to get the special women in their lives (Wives, daughters, girl friends, or just friends) to take up firearms for whatever reasons. Be it self-defense, or recreational shooting, or competitive shooting. I just think it is so wonderful that instead of trying to discourage them, you guys are trying to encourage something that could possibly save a life or at the very least be a great stress reliever! GREAT job guys!:what:
 
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How about "A woman that can take your breath away...LITERALLY" :evil:
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about "A woman that can take your breath away......with a sucking chest wound"
 
One thing about women and guns (explained inmore detail in the upcoming CCM article) is that they should have better understanding of my violence is an expedient of last resort. That should make their spouses safer, as they wouldn't be using skillets as instruments of domestic accord enforcement.
 
Ok, I get that the image is a joke and that it's supposed to be funny to "us", but the very fact that there are people out there that have actually done this, have had this done to them, or seriously consider doing it when their daughters get old enough to date is outrageous.

If my wife and I and our friends and family have done their part in raising my daughter I expect her to make good choices and also be able to physically deal with any situation that turned out to be threatening. She better had since we understand the police aren't likely to be there when things go wrong any more than any of us. With the right training she should be able to turn some young rooster into a capon if he starts to hit on her the wrong way.

I think a better poster is a side by side image of the gunny welcome wagon contrasted with a father teaching his daughter to shoot asking "How do you want your daughter to view guns?" Perhaps combine Oleg's image with Len's? Or use a Jed Clampet for the 21st century theme?
 
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Len, here's a caption:

See that horizon? You've got five minutes to be over it".



As for Oleg's poster, I have a better caption, although it doesn't have anything to do with daughters:




Don'tVOLKwith me!



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