Road Trip. Yep. Those immortal words, famously uttered in Animal House bring up all sorts of interesting challenges when applied to situations including guns. This weekend, my daughter comes in for a visit. That’s a Major Big Deal around the Kozak hacienda. I love my kid, and treasure the time I get to spend with her. She’s 12-going-on-22, and is remarkably mature for her age. But she’s still 12. And I’m divorced. Even though my ex is also a shooter, I have to keep in mind the potential for blowback on any decision I make that touches on the safety of our child. And then there’s the 180-mile journey (each way) I have to make to pick her up and drop her off – even though I fly her in. Let me explain…
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Dear Diary: 30 Days to Conceal Carry, Day 4
Being in the midst of a big project for my day job, I had to curtail most of my plans to travel about (notably to a coffee shop) today. Frankly, most of my – ha ha – “spare” time was spent trying to figure out why our power went out in my man cave. (Turned out to be a faulty transformer on the pole. My luck.) So rather than look for my IWB holster in the dark, I decided to work on the concept of concealment for my car. Well…Jeep, actually.
Trunk Monkey: Best. Car. Ad. Ever.
I used to create car ads. There. I’ve admitted it. Pity there’s no Advertisers Anonymous I could go through, with a twelve-step program to atone for my sins. (“Hi. I’m Brad…and it’s been two years, six months and twelve days since I’ve directed a new or used car ad for a local dealership.” “HI, BRAD!”) Still, there … Read more
Guns in Cars: Arm My Ride.
After you’ve upgraded your car stereo, your rims, your spoilers and your various and assorted bling on your ride, what’s next. You might wanna think about some protection, as in, carry something to thwart carjackers protection. But keeping a gun in your car begs the question, “where do I put this thing, to have it … Read more