tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916746444583315576.post5727572883201316925..comments2023-06-15T13:54:44.377-05:00Comments on Brooding On: Hazards of Local RunningAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322867118706298157noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916746444583315576.post-25598609708215460762012-08-22T18:58:29.644-05:002012-08-22T18:58:29.644-05:00Do you run with your cell phone? If not.....I thin...Do you run with your cell phone? If not.....I think it is time too! So glad you were safe! The Carroll Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07501845456752744039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916746444583315576.post-68929500922741504282012-08-22T16:03:04.459-05:002012-08-22T16:03:04.459-05:00Of course you did the right thing. Way to go! No...Of course you did the right thing. Way to go! Now I'm going to surprise you. Please take a gun safety course. If hunter safety is all your community has, so be it. I took an airport sponsored gun class several years ago. Before the class, Pete took me out to some vacant land to shoot pistols. I had never shot one before and didn't want to look dumb in my class. Turns out, most women are excellent shots! After I took the airport class, I enrolled in a hand gun safety class. Not only did I learn about guns, I learned a lot about the law and gun owner's rights. I have a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Do I carry one? No. Am I afraid of guns? I have a healthy respect for them. I also have a plan for what to do if someone threatens me or mine. I also learned how to properly use pepper spray. I think it is as dangerous as a gun. If you don't use it properly, it can harm you more than the person you are trying to stop from harming you. We have a deer head in our house. We have guns for hunting. I am not afraid. I think the unknown is the root of the fear. Back to the boys - if the police had come down the street and seen what you saw, there is the chance that one of the boys might be dead now. It is not that uncommon for the police to not be able to tell a toy gun from a real gun. I've heard too many times of children being shot because someone thought the gun was real. You may have saved their lives. Please educate yourself about guns and gun control. You won't be sorry.Mary Jane Cassandrasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916746444583315576.post-67303187251501507652012-08-22T08:37:17.330-05:002012-08-22T08:37:17.330-05:00This is terrifying to me also because I live on Ma...This is terrifying to me also because I live on Matlock. I am hoping this was on the longer stretch of Matlock and not by my house. I completely agree with you on guns. I hate them and will not let them be in my house. Jeremy has a bunch at his mom's from his dad and grandpa and I told him if he brought them home I was sleeping outside. I will not let them be in our house. I think you did the right thing. I would have been to terrified to do that. Julshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17222935717176796833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916746444583315576.post-49066854667921658222012-08-21T21:43:27.847-05:002012-08-21T21:43:27.847-05:00Oh Ashley, the stuff that happens to you on your r...Oh Ashley, the stuff that happens to you on your runs!! I will say this. I do live in a home with deer heads on the wall. The men/boys in this house do have guns. They are kept in a locked cabinet for which their dad keeps the key on him at all times. Gun safety and the value of life. Personally I am just as afraid of guns as you are. They are not for me! <br />I am proud of you for going to speak to the parents!!! They need to know. I am sure you had an impact on the boy that lived there. Hind sight is always 20/20. I don't see how it could hurt to talk to the police about it. I am sure there is a law against it. After all it is 2012!! <br />Then there are the 'What if's" What if you had actually been shot at & or injured? What if it wasn't you but kids in a neighboring yard they were aiming at? Honestly, who cares what "kind" of gun it was. It was aimed at you!! If this young boy will aim a gun at someone now, what will he do when he is older?<br />**Side note: We are really happy Esther & Mason are in the same room again this year:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916746444583315576.post-39696549829080136892012-08-21T20:28:08.835-05:002012-08-21T20:28:08.835-05:00I'm impressed that you went up to the door! I ...I'm impressed that you went up to the door! I think you totally did the right thing. Toy or not, guns shouldn't be pointed at people. My dad did/does hunt and that's ALWAYS been the rule. Even toy guns were not pointed at people in our house growing up. Good job for confronting the kids and telling the parent.Emmy Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12469087648286636266noreply@blogger.com