Shoot or be shot?

My husband is deployed to Iraq and has been gone for several months now. The kids and I have all had mixed feelings about the deployment and have had to deal with various issues. One of the first and still major issues we deal with is how safe is Daddy? I must push past my own fears and reassure my kids that their Dad is fine and is doing his job well and will be home soon. Unfortunately, we have had to cover topics that no Mom wants to deal with. Early on in the deployment, my oldest who is 10 wanted to know if Daddy would shoot the bad guys if the bad guys came near him. What a terrible thought for children. Will Daddy shoot or be shot? So, I told him what I felt would be the best thing for him to hear. I told him,"Yes, your Daddy will shoot any bad guy before he can shoot him first." That story has a funny ending in that my older girls (ages 2, 4 and 6) jumped on the concept and prayed each night that Daddy would shoot the bad guys. I am sure God was not displeased with their prayer, but I decided to guide their thoughts and prayers in a different direction. That is when we began talking about arresting the bad guys instead of shooting them. Now we pray that Daddy has success at putting the bad guys in jail. It has made for much better dinner conversation since then.