However to teach my child to fight is also not a good thing with the laws against such. He has been receiving threats from his girlfriends' ex. My first advice was to ignore it. I pleaded with this boy on the phone to stop calling and my son to stop speaking to him or answering the phone.

Just getting our gun out made me quite nervous but it is also a chance to teach my son about self defense if there is no other way. However if the boy had showed up our plan was to yell outside and tell him to leave the property. While at the same time calling 911. I hope to show him this is the best plan to stay out of jail ourselves. Once you are face to face with an assailant you have raw energy which can lead to any type of reactive violence. Weapons are not a good thing to have in this situation unless you are defending yourself without any options.