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In reply to the discussion: How many here have had gun violence affect their lives? [View all]LWolf
(46,179 posts)I have been threatened with gun violence; a threat that wasn't followed through with.
I have witnessed one stranger shooting at another in the street in front of my house, back when I lived in town. I think they were warning shots; nothing was hit. The target drove away.
A neighbor shot out the tire of a car on my road, in the midst of a child abduction. The child was recovered when the car pulled over to change the tire a couple of miles further on.
I have experienced violence directly; just not gun violence.
Edited to add: I can't believe I forgot this, even momentarily. 41 years ago, my half brother was killed with a gun. 1975. I hadn't seen him, nor spoke with him, since '67, when I was still very young. We weren't raised together, and I didn't know him well.
I guess I know how to answer, after all.