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In reply to the discussion: This is not Freedom. [View all]wnylib
(21,445 posts)with an estranged husband who had a handgun. I stayed calm, acted like it was normal, and "talked" with him, which was really just him rambling on about how we should get back together. He had stopped by my office at noon and demanded that we have lunch to talk things over. To avoid a scene at work, I agreed, naively thinking that a restaurant would be safe. It might have been, but he drove into the countryside instead.
I knew that he feared paying consequences for any of his actions, so at 3:00 pm, I said that he should take me back to work because my boss and coworkers would call the police if he didn't. He agreed, took me back, and insisted that we had to meet again to finish the "conversation." I was not naive enough to do it again.
A close relative of mine took her own life with a gun when she could no longer cope with the flashbacks of a rape.
I am not fond of guns.