Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
BTW, I bought a gun in 2008. I didn't own one before then. I wasn't opposed to owning one, but I didn't feel enough drive to go get one.
I changed my mind because of a stupid thing that happened in Vegas.
I was sitting in my apartment at about 2am and I heard the window being slammed upon hard.
I lived in an area which was okay, but it was far from crime-free. (I didn't have much choice if I wanted to live close to the strip and not pay a fortune.)
I didn't know what that bang on the window was, but it for sure was too loud to have been anything but a human being, and my window wasn't close to any walkways.
I felt helpless and didn't know what to do. It didn't help that it was during the AP/UB scandals, and I was very vocal in calling them out. One of the other guys doing that had received death threats. No one ever threatened me, but it was on my mind when I heard that window thing. Was it possible someone was trying to force open the window?
I ran out of view of that window, grabbed a large object, and waited with a fast-beating heart.
I was so angry at myself for not having bought a gun.
My phone rang a few minutes later, and it was an idiot friend of mine playing a prank on me (no one anyone here knows). I told him to never do that shit again.
The next day I drove to a gun store, and started the process to buy one.
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