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TX: Home invasion makes me think about my own safety
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Mark A. Taff
Website: http://www.marktaff.com
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Let me say up front I have never felt afraid or unsafe where I live in Gun Barrel City. I don't put myself in dangerous situations, or hang out with those who would be considered dangerous. I have no fear.
I know all the facts about drugs and crime in my city. I just don't happen to see it in my neighborhood.
A brazen home invasion Sunday afternoon (story in Thursday’s Athens Daily Review) has left me to think more about my safety, and caused me to be on edge in my quiet little neighborhood.
This incident happened in Gun Barrel City four miles from where I have lived for almost 25 years. |
Comment by:
PHORTO
(7/8/2017)
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Terminally silly. |
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