The tragedy of not having a firearm.

Growing up my Dad told me no matter what, defend yourself. Make an effort to defend yourself, don't just get lined up like cattle and get shot one by one. You may die in the effort, but you are most likely going to die anyhow.

Just click yahoo and see the headlines if you don't know what I am referring to here:

How in the world could someone walk into a PACKED movie theater and start shooting people as he walked UP and then back DOWN without getting killed or even shot at. Bulletproof vest... perfect, that mother will still fall even if the vest catches the round (or rounds). It's not a magic blanket, it's only going to offer so much protection from penetration, there is a lot of impact to deal with.

People just don't think it will ever happen to them. Everyone thinks it only happens somewhere else to other people. I don't, I assume it will happen to me. I've had more than 1 nasty confrontation in a movie theater, one to the point the police had to get involved. I don't look for trouble but I go prepared and I always carry when I am in the movies. Fact is, I usually double carry when I'm at the theater. I'm not sure why I started that, but it's just like going to the mall in my mind. We always tell each other what we are packing and know where it's at.

It's a tragedy, I won't wash over that. I'm just dumbfounded more than usual over the mindless population. To the point if I let it, I'll actually be really sad.

In other news, the tree trimming went well. The yard is a lot brighter, the sun is hitting a few new spots and it's brighter in the house when I wake up at 4:30am. Like I enjoy waking up at that hour for no reason, it's just brighter now than yesterday morning. We decided the mulch was too big for our needs, but someone we know wanted it all. The trimming company dumped it where they asked while they were at the store.

They have one car in the garage, the pile starts at the street edge and goes all the way back. I offered to help move it but they are going to put a "free mulch" sign up when they are done with the little they needed. They didn't think it would be so large of a pile, I laughed hard when I drove by looking at this blob-like behemoth mulch pile in the driveway. I'm really glad I decided not to keep it, the size of those chunks are really big for garden mulch.

Have a great weekend. I'm setting up an event for work again and finishing up my projects. The forecast is hot and sunny so I'll work on my tan as I sweat my butt off.