How many here have had gun violence affect their lives?

[Aerows]

66. Mixed

The good: Dad shot a rattlesnake that was creeping up on the porch when I was a kid and we lived in Tuscon.

Wild hog that went apeshit during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

The ugly: Thieves attempted to steal my mom's car right out of the driveway. She tried to drag him out of the car and he shot at her. Terrified, I hung out of the window as I watched this happen, screaming. The guy from the car in the street shot at me. Dad opened the front door and was shot at.

Missed me and my father. I ran downstairs while my father was on the phone with 911. He told me not to go outside, but there was no way in hell I was leaving my mother out there. I had an absolute stone in my heart walking out the door, not knowing what I would find.

The garage door was caved in, my car and my dad's car were hit, mom's car was gone. Plastic and parts littered the driveway.

Mom popped up from behind the bushes on the side of the house. Her knees were scraped, but she was otherwise unharmed. She saw him raise the gun and ducked, getting behind the house after he hit her with the door to get the gun in her face.

Obviously, with the commotion of all three of us (none of us were hit) they took their chances to flee.

The sad: I knew a coworker that killed himself with a gun. He had a lot of promise, but I guess he didn't see it.

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So there you have it.

Guess I need a "many of the above".