Since I’ve been on the topic of crime, I thought I’d tell you a little story.
When my oldest son was about 13 years old, he and some friends got themselves some pellet guns. There is no law against having a pellet gun. The problem is that it looks just like a real gun.
Anyway, my son and his buddies were in the backyard having target practice. They set up a row of garbage cans and tried to hit them. Sounds innocent enough, but it was dark outside and a neighbour heard the shots and called police.
Before we knew what was happening, the police were at the door with our son. They explained that because the pellet guns looked so real and in the dark the teens looked like full-grown men, the police had gone after them with guns drawn and ready to shoot.
My son got quite a scare that day and we decided never to have a pellet gun in the house again.
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