Many thanks to Nancy for hosting the kids shoot. My kids had fun. And it looks like a lot of the kids enjoyed the shooting. Of course, when the kids were off doing other things many of the adults started plinking away. JB Miller and his wife even pulled up lawn chairs to the firing line. And for about five minutes Nancy and I had a little competition going... that was until I heard, "Daddy, I go pee-pee now."
I can't remember the last time I got some time with a pellet gun. That took me back to youthful summers spent shooting bottle caps off of distant rocks in the backyard.
Mr. A Girl was there with his kids. His sense of humor about that nick-name was amusing. And I got to meet Dr. Mike (another addition to my "bloggers I've met" list), who not only helped with the shooting instructions but ran the grill and then gave us adults history lessons when Nancy pulled out her way, cool black powder rifle collection.
I'm looking forward to the next blogmeet, which is September 29.
BTW, it was also PX4 weekend. Or maybe it was just Open Carry Weekend and JB Miller and I just cowboyed up the same way. I have nothing unusual to report. We went to a Fairfax County park on Sunday and then to a family restaurant. Nobody said a word to me, nor did I get any stares or awkward glances. Truthfully, I'm not sure anybody noticed.
My husband enjoyed meeting you. He said your kids are too cute and polite. He also said you seemed like a really nice guy. I am going to try to set him straight on that last one:)
ReplyDeleteSorry I missed it.
He's a nice guy. You seem to have caught a good one there.
DeleteMaybe you can bring him to the blogmeet in September.
Glad it all worked out! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks. And I'm see you had a successful blogshoot this weekend too. Huzzah!
DeleteOne of the first times I carried concealed, a friend gave me a friendly pat...right on my holster. Being very self-conscious at that point, I expected him to be curious what large object was strapped to my side, but he didn't say anything. Probably thought it was a cell phone holster. It's true, even when you open carry most people won't notice. Or else they figure you're an off-duty cop.
ReplyDeleteThere's a lot of fear about open carrying in NoVA but I've never once had an issue. But I do think you are right, some people just believe you are a plain clothes cop. That's one reason I conceal... I have no desire to play cop nor be taken for one.
DeleteSounds like everybody had fun! I'm going to make the next one because this sounds like the best way to introduce kids to guns. It reminds me of when I was a kid and somebody's kid in the community got chicken pox, and everybody brought their children over to get it! I'm glad everything went well.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure you guys understood the nature of chicken pox. :)
DeleteI know, I'm waaaay late on my AAR. Thanks so much for coming and bringing the bouncy thing.
ReplyDeleteBTW, those were all muskets, not rifles. Gun Pr0n for another day.
Thanks for hosting it. That was a brave thing to do.
DeleteBig fun. I'll do that again!
ReplyDeleteI agree.
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