Howland937
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My sister in law may have finally turned the corner. This is my wife's sister, entire family is pretty indifferent when it comes to firearms use and ownership. Took mama a while to come around but she finally did. SIL has shot with us once or twice but never really took to it.
(For those of you who may remember, this is the same woman who took a Nerf dart to the ear hole a few years back at Thanksgiving.)
She's a night shift hospital employee that routinely leaves work after midnight and before sun up. Some situations have come up that made her wonder if the key ring pepper spray is adequate, but status quo has won out so far.
Yesterday evening she went with my wife, kid and me running around. Her guy is out of town for the weekend and we dropped her off about 10:30pm to an empty house. Pretty rural area with neighbors a few hundred yards away. We helped carry her stuff in and came home, about 20 mins away. I literally had just changed into lounge wear when she called. FRANTIC.
Someone is banging on her door and yanking on the knob. They're banging on the window, then back to the door. She called 911. Someone is on the way, but can't say for sure how soon. Should be there within 15 minutes. She's scared to death and even apologized for calling but just thought maybe I could tell her what to do. Her guy has guns in the safe but she doesn't know how to open it or where any ammo is. I won't possibly get there in time to be useful but I'm heading out the door.
"Grab something you can swing hard enough to hurt somebody and lock yourself in the back bedroom. Don't hang up your phone unless the Sheriff's Dept calls" Trying to keep her calm the whole time...
She has a call coming in. It's her guy, so she answers. Turns out it's him out there even though he wasn't supposed to be home til Sunday. He came home early, then thought it would be hilarious to freak her out. It worked. She's going shooting with me tomorrow and going to seriously work on learning to be safe and proficient.
(For those of you who may remember, this is the same woman who took a Nerf dart to the ear hole a few years back at Thanksgiving.)
She's a night shift hospital employee that routinely leaves work after midnight and before sun up. Some situations have come up that made her wonder if the key ring pepper spray is adequate, but status quo has won out so far.
Yesterday evening she went with my wife, kid and me running around. Her guy is out of town for the weekend and we dropped her off about 10:30pm to an empty house. Pretty rural area with neighbors a few hundred yards away. We helped carry her stuff in and came home, about 20 mins away. I literally had just changed into lounge wear when she called. FRANTIC.
Someone is banging on her door and yanking on the knob. They're banging on the window, then back to the door. She called 911. Someone is on the way, but can't say for sure how soon. Should be there within 15 minutes. She's scared to death and even apologized for calling but just thought maybe I could tell her what to do. Her guy has guns in the safe but she doesn't know how to open it or where any ammo is. I won't possibly get there in time to be useful but I'm heading out the door.
"Grab something you can swing hard enough to hurt somebody and lock yourself in the back bedroom. Don't hang up your phone unless the Sheriff's Dept calls" Trying to keep her calm the whole time...
She has a call coming in. It's her guy, so she answers. Turns out it's him out there even though he wasn't supposed to be home til Sunday. He came home early, then thought it would be hilarious to freak her out. It worked. She's going shooting with me tomorrow and going to seriously work on learning to be safe and proficient.
