General Discussion

Ding dong ditch was being played in our town two years ago. I had to intervene between an irate elderly woman and two little boys. You know what Marjorie (elderly woman did NOT do?). She didn't pull out a gun. I didn't either. Because we are sane level-headed adults. I explained to the little guys that she lives alone and doing that could be frightening. BTW - they had done it to me a few minutes earlier. So I explained that I had a reactive dog and it caused him to panic (we have a choo choo train doorbell).

One kid's parents knocked on our door after dinner, made him apologize again, and thanked me for intervening.

On the flip side - we've had threatening racist screeds dropped through our mail slot (front door) for severe years.

I get at least 40 of these in my Council email a month. Like - hang you and n-lover husband from the red maple. Nasty. Evil.

We have guns in our home. My husband is former Italian Special Forces (Tactical.sharp.shooter) and my dad was a Hunter/Green Beret/Survivalist. Killing and field dressing were survival basics - be it with a gun or a bow when i was growing up. My husband hunts wild boar in Calabria. I'm the President of a Black Woman's Gun and Survival Club.

If someone comes THROUGH our front door they are dead.

But a little kid kicking my door or ringing my door bell is not a reason to fire a gun. If you take the safety off a loaded gun your intent is to use it as intended: to kill.

This irrational fuck nut asshole ran after a little kid and shot him in the back.

I hope that man goes to jail for the rest of his life. He murdered that little kid.

Ding dong ditch is not a reason to kill someone.

Thank you for giving a gun owners perspective. There aren't a lot of us here.