[VaBthang4]

"Instead of going "drama queen" I went "war movie" and did my best Marine belly crawl backwards from the door and to the head of the stairs, where I yelled, "DADDY! There's a man on the back porch!""

LOL!!

Point taken. Nevertheless, my thesis stands...backed up by reality. I do appreciate your current service.

[AnAmericanMother]

I did let daddy do the shootin' (at age 12 I wasn't much of a hand with a shotgun or anything other than a .22 rifle.) At age 79 he is still a crack shot, and I would trust him to get the job done even now whether with his old Parker 16 double or the .348 Winchester. That burglar should thank his lucky stars that dad was shooting crows and not cleaning the Model 71, or he would have been crow bait on the spot.

And to be absolutely dead honest, although I think I can match my dad shot for shot with shotgun or pistol, my husband is a better shot with his 1911A1 and his FN than I will ever be (not that I'm BAD -- he's just phenomenal. But he's not a scattergun man. :-D )

But as dear old dad says about World War II, it's surprising what you can do when you have to.