Well, besides growing up in a hunting family and having a Marine for a father, guns have always been there. My father, after his service, always carried a little .38. He told me of many times he was glad he had it!
We all grew up With Gun safety drilled into us. So, my particular incident happened in the early 90's, I'm going to be a little vague not for any other reason than my memory isn't great.
A friend and I agreed to take her three children and three of their friends to a movie. There are plenty of theaters in the suburbs were they live,but the kids wanted to go to the cities "BIG" mall. We got there early so we decided to go to the "food court" to get something to eat. Of course with 6 children, they all wanted something different. The three boys scattered.
Me, my friend her one daughter and her other daughter( with Downs- Syndrome). stayed with me. So,we're all in our lines and. BAM BAM BAM!!!!!!! People are everywhere!!!!! Children are under tables There's food on the floor.EVERYONE is screaming and crying. I and the "women" head toward a store that was pulling down their "security gate". As the girls went in ,my friend screamed "THE BOYS". They closed the gate and I headed back to the food court.As I looked around the corner 6 young inner city youth came running by with guns in their hands. They looked me dead in the eye! As they passed I saw our boys covered in mustard and ketchup under a corner booth.
When the Police came through and cleared everything and we were all back together,we were all changed. My friends daughter with downs had issues for years. HERE is the kicker. In one of the movies that was already playing a teen aged Inner city girl decided to light a hand full of firecrackers.That unleashed GROUPS of wanna be THUGS running around thinking that their rivals were shooting at them. CHAOS ensued luckily the only physical injuries were do to slips and falls but I know that many children, women and even us tough-ass guys had issues that weren't physical.
That day, I decided that when I'm with my family in public they WILL be safe. When they're home they're safe and when they're out with out me I'm a wreck
Thanks for listening and take care of yourself and all of those loved ones around you!!!! OH YA I can't spell for sh*t. THANKS
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