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There is hope for this great republic.
With a father like that and the lesson’s he is teaching her. . . wow. . .our nation may yet survive the me-me-me-and-I-want-your-stuff-because-you-owe-me Obama culture.
The second lesson I want her to learn is the value of a dollar.
By destroying a valuable laptop. Could have achieved the same lesson by contributing it to a school or charity.
Some of the idiotic comments he quoted were made right here on FR. I have no problem with what he did.
Sorry to be late to the party, but WHAT did she put on her Face Book page that generated her father’s response/reaction?
Father of the Year, IMHO.
I swooned over this man when I watched this yesterday.
He sure has the media pegged, doesn't he?
More...this time on ALL the dogooders who called the police and cps on him:
“For those that feel the need to keep calling the police and CPS. lol
Apparently both the local police and the department of social services are OK with it. Yes they came. Of course they came. They received enough “Oh my god he’s going to kill his daughter” comments that they had to. I knew that the moment it went viral.. it was too late and it was inevitable. I’m only surprised it took as long as it did to be honest.
The police by the way said “Kudos, Sir” and most of them made their kids watch it. I actually had a “thank you” from an entire detectives squad. And another police officer is using it in a positive manner in his presentation for the school system. How’s about those apples? Didn’t expect THAT when you called the cops did you?
The kind lady from Child Protective Services looked all through the house, the yard, and found ours to be a healthy home. She saw the unloaded guns in their rack with the magazines removed and stored separately and safely. Funny thing: The case officer asked to see “the gun”.... “Umm, sir, may I see the actual..umm.. weapon used for the video?” She wasn’t at all scared of me but I could tell she doesn’t like guns as a general rule. To each their own though. She was comfortable that I was adhering to NC gun safety regulations for the protection of minors, and that’s all she needed. But of course if you want to continue, I’m just going to leave a pot of coffee on for the next officers who come by. (Digress: Maybe I can get Krispy Kreme to sponsor me with lifetime donuts? Oh God that would be heaven. Dunkin? Crap... KK all the way....)
She asked if I minded if she interviewed my daughter privately but that I didn’t have to agree. I let her meet in private and then she and I met for about an hour and a half. At the end of the day, no I’m not losing my kids, no one’s in danger of being ripped from our home that I know of, and I actually got to spend some time with the nice lady and learn some cool parenting tips that I didn’t know.. I use them on my 8 year old son, but not on my fifteen year old daughter.. but now I will! There were a few things I thought she was “too old” for, but after talking to the case worker, I feel like it’s worth a shot to try them. Maybe I’ll sell those secrets in my next book! (Seriously? You just got mad didn’t you? I’m kidding. Besides, that would still only give me two pages of material- one parent tip page and one page on handgun selection techniques appropriate for different electronic destructive purposes.)”
She thinks all these things are supposed to be given to her because she’s got parents. It’s not going to happen, at least not in our house. She can get a job and work for money just like everyone else. Then she can spend it on anything she wants (within reason). If she wants to work for two months to save enough to purchase a $1000 SLR camera with an $800 lens, then I can guarantee she’ll NEVER leave it outside at night. She’ll be careful when she puts it away and carries it around. She’ll value it much more because she worked so hard to get it. Instead, with the current way things have been given to her, she's on about her fourth phone and just expects another one when she breaks the one she has. She's not sorry about breaking it, or losing it, she's sorry only because she can't text her friends. I firmly believe she'll be a LOT more careful when she has to buy her own $299.00 Motorola Razr smartphone.
do I need more coffee? Or this guy’s name nowhere to be found in the article?
I’d love to look at his FB page -if I can find it!
The teen girl's response to "Laptop-o-cide!"
I agree 100% with his philosophy, but couldn’t he have just confiscated her laptop and locked it up for a month or two?
I noticed (am I the only one?) at about 7:10 in the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr7vSJHkchs just before he fires the first round, he thumbs the hammer back. That means there was already a round in the chamber. That means he was carrying a 1911 with the hammer down on a live round. Not too smart, IMO.
I think it’s quite clear that this man loves his daughter. As a father of two teenagers, I completely appreciate his perspective and applaud his approach.
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From this article, I have to say he is an awesome dad!
She wants a 22 rifle?
I bet she’d probably want one more now. lol.
As the mother of two grown children, and having survived their teen-age years, especially my daughter’s ...this guy is great. Oh and I love my kids and my daughter not too long ago apologized for all the crazy crap she put me through. They are both great, responsible adults and great parents too. My son is similar to this guy.