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By John Kanelis<\/strong> \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Paranoia is not part of my emotional composition.<\/p>\n

However, while walking through the neighborhood with Toby the Puppy on leash, a horrifying thought raced through my mind as we walked along a busy boulevard bordering our ‘hood.<\/p>\n

I must preface my thought by noting the rash of gun violence we have experienced in this country for, oh, the past 20 years or so<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The thought? What in the world would I do were I to hear gunshots dangerously close by? What’s worse, the thought crossed my mind about what I would do were I actually hit by a stray bullet.<\/em><\/p>\n

Has such a thought ever crossed your mind? Don’t answer that. I am speaking only for myself.<\/p>\n

The truth is I don’t scare easily. I am not particularly “scared” right now. My noodle occasionally dances around with some strange thoughts. It did so this afternoon while I was walking our precious puppy through our wonderful, quiet neighborhood. I do not expect anything of the kind of violence we have witnessed in far-off places to erupt near us.<\/p>\n

It’s just that the spate of gun violence, particularly in the past few days and weeks, has injected my brain with thoughts that give me some concern.<\/p>\n

I don’t intend to act on it, tempting as it might seem to be.<\/p>\n

We live in crazy, chaotic and kooky times. They are giving me thoughts I never imagined thinking when I was a boy or even as a much younger adult, other than when I drove through Da Nang, South Vietnam after the sun went down back in the old days. Hey, that was war, man. I certainly hope we aren’t heading in that direction here at home.<\/p>\n\n

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