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The 2005 Smith County Courthouse shooting. (Google it)

I stood helplessly at a third floor office window and watched two people get murdered in cold blood and a Sheriff Deputy friend get shot and horribly wounded. My wife was with me in my office and we were scared to death because in spite of all the "expert" opinions you may have read about this incident, the BG was indeed trying to get in the Courthouse. If he had made it in, there is no telling how many people he would have killed. He might have even made it to my office on the third floor and killed us because we were sitting ducks. The next day I told my wife I never wanted to feel that helpless again and that I wanted to get my CHL and carry a gun. She paid for the license and bought my S&W 642-2 for my birthday present. Now, I always carry. Always. Because I can't stress to you enough that things can go from a normal dull day to all heck breaking loose anytime, anyplace.