Nice story!

I fully intend to vet any gentlemen callers. We'll start by having a house rule that the first few dates have to be at home, playing board games, with the whole family. Some of the less savory gentlemen will not put up with not being able to take my daughter out, alone, straight away. That is fine with me.

Then, we'll go to the range, to see how he handles firearms (the vast majority of folks here in California have never even seen a real gun, let alone shot one). If he can't treat guns with respect, he won't treat my daughter with respect.

Of course, she's eight, so this is all premature, but it never hurts to have a plan ready