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I blame MacGyver
March 8, 2018

…dvertently (or even deliberately) allow the gun to point at an interior wall that wouldn’t stop a bullet. But a smart person surely wouldn’t plan to do that in a classroom where they knew they’d be handling guns. Even unloaded ones. Instead, if a person were planning to handle guns in that environment, they would set it up so that they could trust that they had a genuine safe direction that would definitely stop an unexpected… Continue reading →

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Power and Consequences
January 10, 2018

…make a different choice. In a very real sense, knowledge is power — because it helps people choose between outcomes, and not just between courses of action. For example, my husband and I deliberately chose to raise our kids ourselves, which meant living on only one salary when the children were young. I chose to marry him, knowing that his salary would never be large. We chose to buy a big country farmhouse, and we chose to have a bunch of… Continue reading →

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Selfish
March 6, 2013

…se spending that much money and taking that much time away from her family feels very selfish. Boy howdy, do I understand that one! Like most busy moms, when I took my first class, I felt guilty for taking time away from the kids on the weekend. Add in the financial investment (which was absolutely huge for us with our limited resources), and the “feeling selfish” aspect of things nearly overwhelmed me. But … I signed up for the next class… Continue reading →

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Childproof… Isn’t
January 1, 2000

…while running the water full blast, bubbles will come out of every other drain in the house. Sword-fighting with vacuum cleaner parts almost always results in broken windows. So does playing baseball.   If you tell your kids to play baseball only on the ‘safe’ side of the house, they’ll manage to break a window anyway. Always, always, always empty their pockets before you put their clothes into the wash. Better yet, have… Continue reading →

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Alertness tips
January 27, 2013

…ding a book, it’s natural to take a mental breather at chapter and division headings, but you can also look around between short scenes. Savor your reading! Don’t rush through it with hyperfocused lack of awareness. Use your kids. Children very naturally notice the world around them, and will comment (a lot!) on what they see if you let them. Encourage that tendency. Not only can it help you during the immediate moment, but it’s also a good… Continue reading →

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Be a bad witness, or Curiosity killed the cat
June 10, 2016

…r end of the mall on the lower level. Bob and I looked at each other and without a word, we turned around and started moving — rapidly — toward the exit, which was the opposite direction from the way the men with guns were moving. When we turned around to head toward the exit, we saw something fascinating: there was a huge crowd of people following those guys who were clearly headed toward danger. The crowd was happy, enthralled,… Continue reading →

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Sweet Potatoes
October 3, 2013

…number of articles I stumble over while wiki-wandering in search of something else I want to know. I’m not a beauty queen and I’ll never attract the happy hordes of guys who just want to see beautiful women shoot guns while wearing skin-tight clothing. I am not a YouTube personality and I don’t make money based on how outrageously I behave on the internet. I can’t tell you a darn thing about running a SWAT team, about… Continue reading →

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How to write a letter
January 7, 2013

…lk. Gun control has a clear record of failure, says Tom Gresham. A hair-raising story from the news this week. It shows why an ordinary woman might (pick one and run with it) want to buy a gun, have a firearm in a house with kids, and have more than a few rounds of ammunition immediately available to her. One “d’oh!” reason why gun registration does not prevent crime, presented by Tamara. A humongously long opinion on gun control by bestselling… Continue reading →

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