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Posted: 4/2/13 at 9:35am
My gym is in a really nice part of town: a well-to-do housing complex across the street, the whole neighbourhood is really low crime. And when I left aftet my workout, I see these three kid, about 10 or 11 years old, obviously going from car to car in the parking lot to find something to steal.
I yelled at them, and one takes out a handgun, points it at me, and fires.
The shot went high, but I'd already hit the dirt behind one of the cars. I could hear them running off, but I didnt want to move for the next ten minutes. I mean, what if they came back? I'd seen them. I'd be able to recognize them. But they didnt, and I went back into the gym to call the police.
The cops showed up a few minutes later, and I gave them as much description as I could of three kids who were perhaps twenty yards away. It wasnt much, and I doubt theyll find them. And I was handling it fine until I got up this morning and realized, Damn, I could have been killed yesterday.
These were not inner city kids. If anything, I'd bet they lived in one of the mini-mansions across the street and were just out having fun breaking into cars because it amused them to do so. And I'm sitting here, right now, doing my level best to be calm and logical about the fact that statistically it's real unlikely that will ever happen again in my life — and yet another part of me is wondering what the living hell is going on that a ten year old is wandering around in broad daylight with a loaded handgun!?! Freaking handguns are heavily restricted in Canada, and yet here's this kid walking around with one.
I am not one of those paranoids who reacts to something like this by thinking he should run down to WalMart and buy another shotgun for personal safety. I own a hunting rifle, which I rarely use. Guns have their place... but a kid this young waving one around is not of them.
Honestly, there are times when I'm glad I'm getting to the age where I can see my time on this rock is limited. And I dont envy anyone now growing up in this increasingly insane world.
All right, enough. Back to your discussions of who played which role better. I just felt I needed to share this.
I yelled at them, and one takes out a handgun, points it at me, and fires.
The shot went high, but I'd already hit the dirt behind one of the cars. I could hear them running off, but I didnt want to move for the next ten minutes. I mean, what if they came back? I'd seen them. I'd be able to recognize them. But they didnt, and I went back into the gym to call the police.
The cops showed up a few minutes later, and I gave them as much description as I could of three kids who were perhaps twenty yards away. It wasnt much, and I doubt theyll find them. And I was handling it fine until I got up this morning and realized, Damn, I could have been killed yesterday.
These were not inner city kids. If anything, I'd bet they lived in one of the mini-mansions across the street and were just out having fun breaking into cars because it amused them to do so. And I'm sitting here, right now, doing my level best to be calm and logical about the fact that statistically it's real unlikely that will ever happen again in my life — and yet another part of me is wondering what the living hell is going on that a ten year old is wandering around in broad daylight with a loaded handgun!?! Freaking handguns are heavily restricted in Canada, and yet here's this kid walking around with one.
I am not one of those paranoids who reacts to something like this by thinking he should run down to WalMart and buy another shotgun for personal safety. I own a hunting rifle, which I rarely use. Guns have their place... but a kid this young waving one around is not of them.
Honestly, there are times when I'm glad I'm getting to the age where I can see my time on this rock is limited. And I dont envy anyone now growing up in this increasingly insane world.
All right, enough. Back to your discussions of who played which role better. I just felt I needed to share this.
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