Firearms & Halloween

Mort got to go outside last week - the son of the guy who replaced our dishwasher took him out to a firing range after the job was done. He's a reserve deputy County Sheriff.

This is where people go if they want to go to an official range to let off rounds (rather than finding a quiet spot in the forest): The bays circle around a hill, so it's a pretty big compound.




And here is some of what they bring:



Left to right: Glock in .40 Smith & Wesson; .357 Magnum; Taurus Tracker 7-shot in .357 Magnum; .38 Special +P 5-shot (with laser sight).

Mort is firing a Kimber Colt 1911-style pistol in this picture:


The Glock (standard issue) and the Kimber (Xmas present) are the ones commonly carried by Deputy Tyler.



And here is the Taurus Tracker:




We were spent Halloween with Elena & Patrick - they go in for the decorations in a serious way, even filling street-adjacent rooms of the house with props and black-lights...



Mort got to learn about pumpkin-carving:




He was plainly enjoying it.



Pretty effective, eh?


Here's the outside of the house after dark, including gravestones, a fog machine, screaming skulls, and many, many more....




And in case anyone wants to know, this is what voting in the NZ elections looked like to us: