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In DFW, road rage incidents are very common. I have been the victim of several that nearly turned deadly. That was part of my motivation, although I could of course carry in my car without a license.

However, it was really a shooting that occurred a couple blocks from my work that opened my eyes. There was a lady throwing a birthday party for her child at a roller rink. The child's siblings, cousins, aunts, and friends were all there. The lady's estranged husband showed up with a gun and killed the lady, three of her siblings, and her sister-in-law before killing himself. Now, I know better than to venture into dangerous areas, and I try to practice situational awareness, but the only risk factor in this case was a woman having marital issues. Do you go anywhere in your daily routine where there are definitely no people having marital problems? No divorced people that had a messy divorce? I don't think I do. I have attended birthday parties for the children of friends of mine. A close friend of mine knew the lady in this story. She could have been there. I realized that crazy homicidal people can be anywhere at any time. It doesn't have to be a terrorist or an armed robber or anything. It can just be an angry ex or a crazy boyfriend. Shortly after I heard about this, a friend asked if I'd be interested in taking a CHL class with him, and I said yes.