Great story, my sides are aching.
I can relate-
Back when I lived in Illinois, I was out in my garage working on my car. It was a moderately cool fall night and I hear some rustling near the end of my driveway. I walk to the end of my driveway and figure out that it is skunks that are going in and out of the culvert pipe in my neighbors driveway across the street.
I went in and called the neighbor, just in case he wanted to do something about it. His dogs were getting sprayed by them 3-4 times a year. A few minutes later he walks out with his home built M16 with a home built suppressor. Nothing is registered and is completely illegal to own in Illinois.
I walked over and told him that there are better choices. He said that he was just going to stand above the culvert and wait till they popped their heads out. He had some firecrackers and lit them at one end of the culvert while I attempted to shoot them with a lightly loaded 45 as they came out the other end running through the ditch. Those things move at a pretty good clip when they are scared and I think they all got away.
Today I would have grabbed the 12 gauge but back I thought I was hot stuff with a handgun.
"The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental." John Steinbeck
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