Good nightstand gun

[TANSTAAFL]

I learned from my Dad what not to do(I love and miss him, very smart and a very good person.) My Dad never talked about firearms or even mentioned he had them. One day I found a shotgun squirreled away in the basement while looking for a tool to fix my bike and saw a long box. No safe, no trigger lock (they weren't popular back then. Ammo was stored separately. The simple fact they were "taboo" made me more interested as a 10 y/o. It wasn't until I was 23 and bought my own firearm that he mentioned he had firearms. As a kid anything "off limits or hidden" especially as a teen made it more fascinating. So, with my own I made sure they knew the basics, I did keep them locked up, if they wanted to see them I would show them the proper way to handle. If we'd go out they would remind me to bring my gun with me.

 

[Dmc707]

If i need more than a shotgun and a Glock, i'm in serious trouble

 

[okierider]

The first time (I was in the sixth grade), we were playing around and I tried to poke him with a pitch fork. He shot me through my glasses. Literally dodged a bullet. Second time (around two years later ), he was screwing around with my dad’s nickel plated, break top, 32 cal Iver Johnson revolver. The bullet hit the belt loop of my Levi’s and then skimmed the heavy leather belt I was wearing leaving a bloody welt. My dad never found out about the second time.

My late brother was exceptionally bright with “personality disorders”. There are stories far worse than the two I mentioned.

Sad that a lot of exceptional folks do have flaws....Hope you have way more good memories of him than bad.
Sorry to have seemed flippant, really thought your story was heading somewhere else.

 

[Blue Heeler]

Sad that a lot of exceptional folks do have flaws....Hope you have way more good memories of him than bad.
Sorry to have seemed flippant, really thought your story was heading somewhere else.

No apologies needed, sir. And thank you for the kind words.