Black Birds are Going Down

On a recent trip to Wal-Mart with my family my husband romantically said...

"I want your garden to be what you’ve imagined, let me get a gun to help you out with the birds." 

I looked at him with a long blank stare wondering how long it would take him to realize that I am not a fool and I know he just wanted to shoot a bird. He headed to the gun section with my children and took way too much time deciding which one would work best for "our birds". 

For the record, he has never cared about my vegetables; he just eats the salad that shows up on his plate. He proceeded to ask some kid (whose mother was looking for him) which one he liked and wouldn't you know it...the giant AK-47 pellet gun!!!! REALLY. I informed the mother that I was married to the stranger her son was talking to and was about to leave him. She laughed. I ended up walking away to look elsewhere and overheard my daughter say, "I want a pink gun Daddy"

What is happening to us? Don't get me wrong, I have family and friends who hunt, but not small bunnies and black birds. Poor animals. If I knew how to speak squirrel I would warn the forest. Crazy people all up in my house!!!!