Fast forward about eight years to this past December when out of the blue she asked me if she could keep a gun in her apartment. I explained the laws to her.....Castle Doctrine, Motorists Protection Act, etc.....but I didn't pursue why the change in attitude. I told her that we would go to the range one day and let her shoot. She agreed and our schedules finally worked out. As we were getting ready to go I let her hold some of my pistols. I first gave her my Ruger LCP as I thought it would be a good size to carry in her purse. As she handled it, she commented that it seemed small. So next I gave her my Taurus 24/7 Pro Compact 9mm..." Now this is more like what I had in mind!" "Does it come in pink?"
Anyway, we went to the range. She shot the Ruger one time and put it down "I don't like it!" She picked up the Taurus and used it the rest of the time. She did quite well for never having shot a gun before...hitting the B-27 target in the torso area with almost every shot. When we were done, she took one of her better targets with her. A few days ago, I
stopped by her place and saw that she had fastened that target to her garage wall right in front of her car.
We've talked about her getting her CHL, but I reminded her in the mean time that she could keep a gun in her car. However, she found out that her employer has a no guns in cars in their parking lot policy. .
She's looking forward to our next range trip and I'm looking forward to some father-daughter range time...
