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Sounds a little like my grandfather and his driving a few years back, before he passed away. We loved him dearly and he was a great guy, but his driving got downright scary before the DMV pulled his license (family requested them to). I would not ride with him and for darn sure would not let my kids.
"If it had been ME, everything would have changed with his first gun sweep. No dog in this. But ... I would have quick slapped that gun away, secured his gun arm, then get right into his face and give it to him verbally. Would not hold back. A full no shieter 3 minute full boat lecture about gun control. Would not hit my Father In Law, but almost. His behavior must stop."
WOW. Good plan, if you want him to never forget a lesson in gun safety. Great plan, if you want him to hate you for the rest of his life, might even work wonders on the old marriage if your wife resents you for disrespecting and embarrassing her dad. Personally I think a very stern but respectful conversation would be more effective.
If I was doing something stupid and dangerous, but out of ignorance or misunderstanding, I would sincerely appreciate an immediate and stern, but respectful, "learnin'" on the subject. What I would not appreciate would be someone getting in my face and yelling at me. I'm not in boot camp. I'm not a child. I would learn the lesson all the same, but don't expect me to ever speak to you again.
I only commented here because I saw this very sort of thing just today. I was at the range with a friend and he did something dumb. He was handling a handgun after the range was called cold. It's a gun club range with no range master, but there were several other guys there (nobody I knew).
I wasn't watching or I would have called him on it myself. The gun was unloaded and nobody was downrange yet, but still he should not have been doing it and should have known better. One of the other members there walked over and harshly called him out, really talked down to him in a way that was not called for. He was embarrassed and left without firing another shot.
I suppose the other guy must have really felt like a "big man", but it couldn't have been 20 minutes later I saw him bore-sighting his rifle with guys down range changing targets. Hypocrite.
"If it had been ME, everything would have changed with his first gun sweep. No dog in this. But ... I would have quick slapped that gun away, secured his gun arm, then get right into his face and give it to him verbally. Would not hold back. A full no shieter 3 minute full boat lecture about gun control. Would not hit my Father In Law, but almost. His behavior must stop."
WOW. Good plan, if you want him to never forget a lesson in gun safety. Great plan, if you want him to hate you for the rest of his life, might even work wonders on the old marriage if your wife resents you for disrespecting and embarrassing her dad. Personally I think a very stern but respectful conversation would be more effective.
If I was doing something stupid and dangerous, but out of ignorance or misunderstanding, I would sincerely appreciate an immediate and stern, but respectful, "learnin'" on the subject. What I would not appreciate would be someone getting in my face and yelling at me. I'm not in boot camp. I'm not a child. I would learn the lesson all the same, but don't expect me to ever speak to you again.
I only commented here because I saw this very sort of thing just today. I was at the range with a friend and he did something dumb. He was handling a handgun after the range was called cold. It's a gun club range with no range master, but there were several other guys there (nobody I knew).
I wasn't watching or I would have called him on it myself. The gun was unloaded and nobody was downrange yet, but still he should not have been doing it and should have known better. One of the other members there walked over and harshly called him out, really talked down to him in a way that was not called for. He was embarrassed and left without firing another shot.
I suppose the other guy must have really felt like a "big man", but it couldn't have been 20 minutes later I saw him bore-sighting his rifle with guys down range changing targets. Hypocrite.