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Fear and guns are not good companions, both reactive.

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I think guns and strong emotion are not good companions. They lead to tragic outcomes. 😢

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Oops, was looking at the most recent so this is my third!! Just dawned on me to check the bottom 🤣

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Hmm, I wrote a response but it disappeared. I, too, pray for kindness to win the day, toward each other and the earth. 🌻

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I also pray for sanity to win the day. 🙏

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I love the human interaction that takes place in this story. It’s so realistic! Moments such as these bring people together, and it seems like these characters’ paths were meant to intersect in this way.

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Thank you, Justin! 🙂

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I appreciated the humanness of this story. It was very well written and I like to think the couple got together in the end.

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Thank you, Mark! I do too.

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What a great story! Yes to not being shot and No to Guns. I do find it sad that the US had subverted our constitutional rights in this way. I choose to be shot over shooting 🙏☹️

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I wish we could choose for no one to be shot.

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Excellent story, Dascha. Most shooter stories aren’t told with the deeply personal part - nor a quote from Andy Borowitz. I’ve been reading you for a few years but never subscribed. Today I am. Thank you for all the reading enjoyment. I’ve had a rough time, especially in getting back to my fiction writing. But today I’m breaking through another barrier. You make a difference in peoples lives.

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Oh, I almost forgot! I'm so glad you're working to get back to writing fiction. I've gone through some pretty long dry spells through the years. Fortunately, the writing is always there, patiently (or impatiently) waiting for us.

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That's VERY encouraging! Thank YOU!

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Thank you so much, Dana! Knowing my stories make a difference means so much. You've been here popping in with a comment from time to time, and I've appreciated that more than you can know. Thank you for subscribing today. 💜

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I get PLEAS all the time to donate to political fights. Yes, they're real - but I have priorities for spending what little money I have! After being sick for a very long time (11 yrs) and ending in a transplant - well, you know the story about the cost of healthcare... I'm trying desperately to get back to my own fiction writing - seems only fair I should support other fiction writers!!! Especially the GOOD and the persistent ones. Thank you for boosting my daily life, Dascha!!! -Dana

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You've had such a journey! Thank you fur being the hero that never gives up!

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Thanks. I never could have given up, never. I don't consider myself a hero, though. I had plenty of company.

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Real heros never do!

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I keep coming back to God’s will be done. In the end, that’s all that matters and God being taken out of popular culture is the main problem!

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Taken out by some, twisted into a tool to serve the greed and agendas of others.

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Good story, by the way!

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