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otherearths_outthere) wrote2021-12-09 06:50 pm
otherearths_outthere) wrote2021-12-09 06:50 pm
Only one of my kids…
….could manage to not get arrested. Son #2 is a two tours in Iraq war veteran. As often as a soldier does, he came home with some ptsd, and amassed some serious weaponry. It makes him feel in control and safe. I’m rabidly anti-guns. But he knows to keep them locked up and ammunition stored elsewhere, also locked up.
Over the weekend he was outside tinkering with his cars. He said he saw a mouse that looked to be in ‘bad shape’ so he decided to put it ‘out of its misery’. He went to get his 22, but his wife was sleeping, so he instead got his 9mm because it has a silencer, to avoid waking her up. He shot the mouse (probably a rat) and realized he was late picking up his daughter, so he hopped in his Jeep and got her. Only to find the weapon missing when he got home. He panicked and wondered if it had somehow fell out of his Jeep in the school zone. But before he could go look, a police car drove up his driveway, lights flashing. They had his 9mm.it hadn’t fallen out of the Jeep, B’s neighbors saw the gun and picked it up and called the police. He knew he was going to prison. It is illegal to have a silencer. B showed them the mousy grave, brought the officers into his house to show them the paperwork, and how he stored them safely. When the officers left, B called us in a panic and crying. We managed to get him somewhat calm. Shortly after that call, he called us again and told us that he wasn’t going to be charged.
Both the officers wanted to know how to get a silencer.
I think it helped that B is soldier. And that he lives in a very remote part of Florida.
Over the weekend he was outside tinkering with his cars. He said he saw a mouse that looked to be in ‘bad shape’ so he decided to put it ‘out of its misery’. He went to get his 22, but his wife was sleeping, so he instead got his 9mm because it has a silencer, to avoid waking her up. He shot the mouse (probably a rat) and realized he was late picking up his daughter, so he hopped in his Jeep and got her. Only to find the weapon missing when he got home. He panicked and wondered if it had somehow fell out of his Jeep in the school zone. But before he could go look, a police car drove up his driveway, lights flashing. They had his 9mm.it hadn’t fallen out of the Jeep, B’s neighbors saw the gun and picked it up and called the police. He knew he was going to prison. It is illegal to have a silencer. B showed them the mousy grave, brought the officers into his house to show them the paperwork, and how he stored them safely. When the officers left, B called us in a panic and crying. We managed to get him somewhat calm. Shortly after that call, he called us again and told us that he wasn’t going to be charged.
Both the officers wanted to know how to get a silencer.
I think it helped that B is soldier. And that he lives in a very remote part of Florida.
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Honestly, my boys never gave me a moment’s trouble when they were growing up. But raising 5 sons was always a wild ride.
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As a mom, I probably don’t worry as much as I should. There have been too many instances in which their white privilege comes into play. Their respective careers also helps. Doctor, pediatric intensive care nurse, war veteran. 🤷🏽♀️