Called into the office

[scurtis_34471]

A few weeks ago, my daughter came home from school in tears. She mentioned at recess that she and I had gone shooting that weekend. A couple of her classmates starting calling her a liar and told her that she had never even seen a gun, let alone shot one. I fgured that was pretty easy to fix and made the attached print-out, which I signed and sent to school with her.

When she came home, she was SO happy. Nobody was calling her a liar anymore.

The next day, I got a phone call asking me to come in for a chat. The teacher and the principal were not amused. Apparently, pictures of guns cause phone calls from freaked out parents. My daughter was not in trouble, but they asked me to please not do that again. Oh well. It was worth it.

 

[Cromlech]

Oh well. It was worth it.

Right on. She looks pleased as punch in those photos, with her little "I told you so" face.

 

[NeoSpud]

Good thing you don't live in the DPRK... your daughter would've been expelled, and your property seized "foh ze guud ah ze peepuhl!!!"

You're a great dad

 

[LeoC]

You're a good dad, scurtis_34471

 

[SomeKid]

Take a picture with her using a machine gun, and send that with her. Don't let the whiny anti-gun bigots command you like a dog.

As an aside...if she ever grows bored with that AK, I promise to give it a good home!

 

[Correia]

Okay, that is AWESOME.

 

[budney]

The third picture is cute. I can almost hear your daughter saying, "See? I told you so!"

How do you like the P22 by the way? I just bought my wife a Sig Mosquito, which I picked because the sight system and ergonomics were very similar to my 9mm. The Walther I looked at didn't seem close. Yours, in the picture, looks almost like my S&W Sigma.

--Len.

 

[MikePGS]

haha thats great!

 

[Biker]

Yup, she definately has the "I told you so!" thing going on.

Biker

 

[MikeH]

I'll bet those ridiculous phone calls were from parents of those kids who called your daughter a liar to begin with.

 

[scurtis_34471]

As a small disclaimer, I should tell you that she is in a private Christian school. I would not have pulled this stunt in a public school, for obvious reasons.

As for the Walther, I like it a lot. We were working with the Walther last time we went to the range. By the end of the session, she was putting most of her rounds through an 8" target at 15 yards off a bench rest. That's not bad considering that she has not had much time with handguns yet. She's shot a few, but she hadn't spent quality time with any of them until we had that hour with the P22 on Sunday. Most of our time at the range has been with her Ruger 10/22. She's a great kid and very careful/responsble. She knows the 4 Rules cold and keeps her finger off the trigger until she's ready to shoot. Needless to say, I'm a proud papa.

 

[tmajors]

I gotta remember this thread 5 years from now when my first starts school. LOL.

 

[migoi]

Good for you....

SCurtis...

I can't see the picture in the initial post since I am accessing this from work and something about our system doesn't let the attachments through. (Department of Education LAN, computer, and software being used.)

I'm always puzzled when folks report gun related difficulties connected to schools. I'm glad you clarified this was happened at a private school before the "hang all the public school teachers in the town square as a lesson" crowd had a chance to start up.

I am a NRA certified instructor and training counselor, I also work in a public school in a very blue state.

I am currently the department head for the largest department at this school and have been recommended by my principal to apply for the program to become a vice principal. He has full knowledge of the activities with NRA and the fact that I own more than several firearms.

When I applied to be an NRA training counselor I had to submit 3 letters of recommendation... one was from a fellow NRA instructor, one was from another teacher in my school and one was from one of the vice-principals at my school.

When I sit at the Hawaii Rifle Association booth at our twice a year gun shows I usually see several people from my school come in the door.

I have never encountered the blind hysteria about guns so often reported by others. I feel as though I'm missing out on some important experience of being a firearms owner....

migoi

 

[skeeter1]

You're a good dad, scurtis_34471

You are indeed. To think that my dad first taught me to shoot a .22 when I was 4 years old. That was 50 years ago.

I wonder what the schoolmarms would think if they knew I had a safe full of toys?

F@#% political correctness.

I do like that third picture best. It's got "See, I told you so" written all over it.

 

[waterhouse]

Good job, and those pictures are great.

 

[TexasRifleman]

Ahhh Publik Skool

I have never encountered the blind hysteria about guns so often reported by others.

Well here's one for you, in Texas no less.


I got a similar call from school. My 11 year old son had written in his day planner "Shooting" on a Saturday we had planned to slaughter some poor coyotes.

His principal was "concerned" that my son might "try to shoot something."

I assured the principal that my son did indeed plan to shoot something and thanked him for his concern. His reaction was priceless.

This the same school system whose Superintendant told me flat out no way was Eddie Eagle program welcome in his schools.
" I won't have any NRA people talking to MY students....."


So.....

"hang all the public school teachers in the town square as a lesson"

OK

Well since you said it puzzled you and were certain this kind of thing never happened at public schools.

 

[migoi]

Want to include..

all those private, Christian school teachers in your lynchin' party also since this thread contains that very type of reaction from that quarter?

migoi

 

[GaryL]

scurtis_34471, that is cool.

My oldest is in college (freshman). Apparently, some of the guys have those airsoft pellet guns for entertainment. So one of them asked her if she thought she could hit anything with it, and said he'd first show her how. He takes a couple of shots, missed the target with the first one, with a poor hit with the second. So my daughter grabs the gun and nails the bullseye. He's like "no way - you can't do that twice". So she nails another bullseye. So he asked "who taught you how to shoot like that?" "My dad".

Made me proud that day, and she was pleased to share the story with me - made a point of calling me to tell me about it.

 

[TexasRifleman]

all those private, Christian school teachers in your lynchin' party also since this thread contains that very type of reaction from that quarter?

I don't want to lynch anyone, but you posted that this kind of thing puzzled you because it never seems to actually happen.

Well, it does, and it's rampant, and in public schools too.

 

[Sawdust]

I would not have pulled this stunt in a public school, for obvious reasons.

Why not?

I would - and will if the opportunity ever presents itself.

Sawdust

 

[CNYCacher]

OMG you just made my week!

Best. Post. Ever

 

[migoi]

Went back and

edited your previous post I see there TexasRifleman. It originally read...

So.....

Quote:
"hang all the public school teachers in the town square as a lesson"

Ok.

To me this reads... Ok, let's hang them in the public square.

Revisionism...interesting sport there.

migoi

 

[TexasRifleman]

To me this reads... Ok, let's hang them in the public square.

You suggested it, I was just agreeing with you. No wait, you said it NEVER happened in public schools. I must have made the whole thing up.

If you'll feel better I'll put it back. Its sometimes a tempting suggestion.

I'm glad you work at ONE public school that does not have this issue but I assure you your school is not in the majority.
This stuff is rampant in the public schools, and the behavior is encouraged after things like Columbine.

Since then, any child that even mentions a firearm is immediately classified the same as Dylan and Eric.

 

[vis-à-vis]

That's fantastic.

 

[dogtown tom]

I'm a public school teacher in Plano, Texas. I used to believe that teachers were a bunch of flaming libs and gun haters.

Not so much around here.

I know of seven female teachers who have their CHL. How did I find out? One Friday, when a co-worker asked "what are you doing this weekend?" I answered that I was going to the gun range to shoot. Several nearby ears perked up and it took about another ten minutes to find out that several had their CHL. Shamed, I took my CHL class two weeks later.