[trisham]

My father always checked to be sure that all of our doors were locked before he went to bed. He was very concerned about security, for as far back as I can recall. I learned a lot from him.

[Marcella]

I had a liberal husband and wife visit me Thanksgiving. The liberal husband has a 357 concealed gun he wears. Somehow the subject of guns came up and the wife said to the husband,”Would you shoot someone if he was attacking me?” There was silence. Finally husband said, “I would get in trouble if I shot someone.”

Now, this is Texas and you can kill anyone attacking you with no problem. When he hesitated so long in answering her, I thought, “She is already dead because you waited so long to make up your mind.” Plus, he never did say he would shoot, only that he would get in trouble.

I decided this liberal man is carrying that gun as a fake macho show as he is not a large man. She is my sister-in-law and I would have said with no hesitation, “Yes, I'll kill him.”

I was really disappointed in the husband as I now think he would be useless to me if they stayed with me during an emergency that got out of hand and there were zombies around. I couldn't depend on him to shoot.

A few days before they got here, I cleaned out my closet and found a practice target sheet with the outline of a man that I used at a shooting range. There was a cluster of bullet holes in the center of his chest and one in the lower part of his anatomy. I taped that to the outside of my bedroom door and when they got there, the husband saw it, and started laughing. I said, if you wanted to get in my bedroom to harm me, would that target sheet make you think twice before opening that door? He said without hesitation, "I would not go in there."

If I add his automatic he wouldn't go in the room responses, together with he would get in trouble if he shot someone, I think he is actually afraid of a gun even though he carries one.

One needs to be careful about assuming someone you know would be helpful in such a situation. Try to find out their fear factor before trusting them in a life and death situation. For your information and assurance, I'm shooting anyone who threatens bodily harm or death to me or my friends - hollow point bullets because I mean business.

And, keep a target from your target practice where you have murdered that outline, and tape it on whichever door would be best to get the message to a zombie not to mess with you.