These posts are based on our Good Guy with a Gun calendar. If you bought or received a calendar, contact me for a complementary subscription. Today’s post is substantially updated from the calendar version. Here’s a free link to one of the many sources — but none of the sources alone have all of the interesting details.
This story starts making more sense once you understand the family dynamic.
It doesn’t start with the 75-year-old Good Guy with a Gun’s muzzleloader. (Yes, muzzleloader.) It starts with his son.


