A common thread here in the wifes home territory. I’m wary of it, because policemen or wardens usually follow closely on the heels of that statement, in my history, but these people actually seem to mean it.

They still stand back a few feet.

I have had to deal with a few varmints here, and while being forcibly disarmed has not made this easy it has been by no means impossible. Actually, the challenge has been sort of fun, and a reminder that ten thousand rounds of ammo will avail you not at all when the attack on your freedoms is not a frontal one, and it never will be. Subterfuge and adapting to materials at hand is always good training. Pity there aren’t bears closer to here, It’d be fascinating to deal with them unarmed using only smarts and available materials, I may have to try to arrange that someday. On a small bear, preferably. Come to think of it, I wonder what the state of Indiana would have to say about taking a deer without a conventional weapon.