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Not funny. A kid I grew up with had an issue with his daughter running around out of control with the boys. Understandable, but he got out of control with his self. One night about 1 in the morning he hears a vehicle in front of his house. He grabbed his shotgun and ran to the door. Sure enough there was a pickup that belonged to one of the guys that was chasing after his daughter pulling out from in front of his house. He threw up the gun and put a round through the cab on the passenger side, said he wanted to scare the hell out of this guy. He didn't know that his daughter was in the truck hunkered down so she couldn't be seen. Just as he fired she raised up and he killed her. Pretty much destroyed him and his whole family. It was very sad, and he is still in prison. Just saying, those girls are going to grow up and they are going to cause you problems, but you have to deal with it in a rational manner.

I myself had a close call with my daughter. She was going to stay with a friend overnight. I don't know why but I called to check up on her and the friend didn't know anything about the stay over. I knew right then what was going on. I live 15 miles out of town, but was in town in minutes looking for her. After about 30 minutes raging around town getting madder and madder, finally found some of her friends running around and asked them where she might be. They said sure she would be at so and so’s house. I asked where that was and they pointed out this house. I walked up to the door and knocked and I could hear movement inside but no answer and then it got quiet. I blew it, kicked in the door and in two steps crossed the living room and grabbed the guy standing at the hallway by his shirt and had him up on the wall explaining to him that I wanted to know where my daughter was. He explained to me that he knew nothing about my daughter. I told him the name of the guy where I thought she was. He tells me that, that guy lives three houses down and on the other side of the street. I could have killed those kids about then. I apologized and went out the door and pulling up was the sheriff (a lifetime friend)He took me to the sheriffs office and made me set there while he went and got my daughter. He was nice enough that he didn't charge me with anything, but I bought the guy a new door and frame and installed it. Yes the daughter did survive. She is 31 now and has given me three of the most wonderful grandchildren anyone could want, she is a nurse and a really good person. Too bad she nearly got me killed and gave me more gray hair than Santa clause. But we got through it. Be strong but be calm, advice from an older gentleman.

Rowdy

It’s not for the daughters, it’s for the boys, and I’m not exactly joking.

Frankly, if your friend fired through the passenger-side window, it sounds like he INTENDED to kill. Tires are easier to hit, and more likely to disable the vehicle without injuring people. Bullets go through things. It’s what they do. Best to put them through things that are replaceable.

My rational manner is to terrify the boys. As long as they stay terrified, they don’t have any problems.