[08:14.52](A.38 was too much gun for him to handle.)I was relieved when he put it down after 10 minutes--he didn't like the feel of it.
[08:25.08]16 But that didn't prevent him from asking me if he should use the gun if someone broke into our house
[08:32.71]while I wasn't home.I shouted"no!" so loud,we both jumped.I explained that,if someone ever broke in,
[08:44.07]he's young and agile enough to leap out the window and run for his life.
[08:50.34]17 Today he couldn't care less about the gun.Every so often,when we're watching television in my room,
[08:58.59]I practice opening the safety box,and Jordan times me.I'm down to three seconds.
[09:07.34]I'll ask him what's the first thing you do when you handle a gun,
[09:12.28]and he looks at me like I'm stupid,saying:"Make sure it's unloaded.
[09:19.05]But I'm not to touch it or tell my friends about it."Jordan's already bored with it all.
[09:26.73]18 I,on the other hand,look forward to Mondays--"Ladieds'Night" at the target range--when I get to shoot for free.
[09:36.81]I buy a box of bullets and some targets from the guy behind the counter,
[09:42.37]put on the protective eye and ear coverings and walk through the double doors to the firing lines.
[09:50.55]19 Once there,I load my gun,look down the sights of the barrel and adjust my aim.
[09:58.36]I fire six rounds into the chest of a life-sized target hanging 25 feet away.
[10:06.28]As each bullet rips a hole through the figure drawn there,
[10:11.58]I realize I'm getting used to owning a gun and no longer feeling faint when I pick it up.
[10:19.86]The weight of it has become comfortable in my hand.And I am keeping my promise to practice.
[10:27.07]Too many people are killed by their own guns because they don't know how to use them.
[10:33.52]20 It took me years to decide to buy a gun,and then weeks before I could load it.It gave me nightmares.
[10:42.17]21 One night I dreamed I woke up when someone broke into our house.
[10:47.84]I grabbed my gun and sat waiting at the foot of my bed.Finally,I saw him turn the corner as he headed toward me.
[10:57.55]He was big and filled the hallway--an impossible target to miss.I didn't want to shoot,but I knew my survival was on the line.
[11:09.99]4)I wrapped my finger around the trigger and finally squeezed it,simultaneously accepting the intruder's death at my own hand
[11:21.27]and the relief of not being a victim.I woke up as soon as I decided to shoot.
[11:29.55]22 I was tearfully relieved that it had only been a dream.
[11:35.14]23 I never have weighed the consequences of an act as strongly as I have that of buying a gun--but,
[11:43.22]then again,I never have done anything with such deadly consequences.Most of my friends refuse even to discuss it with me.
[11:53.93]They believe that violence leads to violence.
[11:58.55]24 They're probably right.
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