M-Taliesin
Regular Member
Howdy Folks!
I had a bit of a different OC experience tonight. One that covered my neighbor and his kids.
Around 8pm a fire truck, police car and ambulance arrived at the home of my neighbor next door. They took his wife out on a stretcher and loaded her up for a trip to the hospital. As the emergeny response vehicles pulled away, he ran to his car to follow them to the hospital. I asked if there was anything I could do to help.
"Can you keep an eye on my house? I've got kids inside too. Will you make sure nobody enters my home unless my brother comes over."
I assured him I would keep watch over his place and his kids. I had my pistol on my belt as we spoke, and he left in a hurry to be with his wife at the emergeny room. His mention of permitting his brother to access the home led me to believe that his arrival was imminent. In fact, he has several brothers and didn't mention which might arrive to take care of the kids. So, I figured I'd just hang around outside and keep an eye open. Since their front door is not visible from my house, I stayed outside anticipating that his brother would be along shortly. Turns out he had an emergency of his own and the other brothers were scattered to the wind. Ultimately time passed and I ended up hanging around outside for 2 and 1/2 hours until he returned home himself. Toward the end, my pardner showed up and joined me in my watch of the neighbor's home and family.
The wife evidently fainted or passed out. Tests were being run at the hospital to figure out why and she was still there when my neighbor returned home. He said he would be going back and thanked me for watching over the house and kids. I told him "That's what neighbors are for!"
What surprised me was how many other residents in our neighborhood passed me by, dressed all in black as I was, carrying a pistol and lurking around, and nobody called the cops about a suspicious man in the area. One more reason why I've decided to be prepared to protect myself and my family. There have been break-ins in our area before, and with such observant neighbors, I can see why!
Tomorrow we will have our CCW classes. My wife, pardner and I will all take the course with anticipation of doing well and completing this step toward securing our CCW permits. The shooting portion of the class is to be on an outdoor range and the weather may become an issue toward afternoon. Hopefully, we will get through the live fire exercises before it starts to rain. Or snow, as the case could be!
Blessings,
M-Taliesin
I had a bit of a different OC experience tonight. One that covered my neighbor and his kids.
Around 8pm a fire truck, police car and ambulance arrived at the home of my neighbor next door. They took his wife out on a stretcher and loaded her up for a trip to the hospital. As the emergeny response vehicles pulled away, he ran to his car to follow them to the hospital. I asked if there was anything I could do to help.
"Can you keep an eye on my house? I've got kids inside too. Will you make sure nobody enters my home unless my brother comes over."
I assured him I would keep watch over his place and his kids. I had my pistol on my belt as we spoke, and he left in a hurry to be with his wife at the emergeny room. His mention of permitting his brother to access the home led me to believe that his arrival was imminent. In fact, he has several brothers and didn't mention which might arrive to take care of the kids. So, I figured I'd just hang around outside and keep an eye open. Since their front door is not visible from my house, I stayed outside anticipating that his brother would be along shortly. Turns out he had an emergency of his own and the other brothers were scattered to the wind. Ultimately time passed and I ended up hanging around outside for 2 and 1/2 hours until he returned home himself. Toward the end, my pardner showed up and joined me in my watch of the neighbor's home and family.
The wife evidently fainted or passed out. Tests were being run at the hospital to figure out why and she was still there when my neighbor returned home. He said he would be going back and thanked me for watching over the house and kids. I told him "That's what neighbors are for!"
What surprised me was how many other residents in our neighborhood passed me by, dressed all in black as I was, carrying a pistol and lurking around, and nobody called the cops about a suspicious man in the area. One more reason why I've decided to be prepared to protect myself and my family. There have been break-ins in our area before, and with such observant neighbors, I can see why!
Tomorrow we will have our CCW classes. My wife, pardner and I will all take the course with anticipation of doing well and completing this step toward securing our CCW permits. The shooting portion of the class is to be on an outdoor range and the weather may become an issue toward afternoon. Hopefully, we will get through the live fire exercises before it starts to rain. Or snow, as the case could be!
Blessings,
M-Taliesin