Reporter/camera man murdered.

[Exian]

It's a daily occurrence for me, working in a new and different town everyday, to worry about being shot to death out of the blue. To the point that I eye up whoever makes me feel uneasy for whatever given reason. Thinking about it now, just today I thought a disgruntled looking man was carrying a rifle. His walk had intent. I had to stand there and wait for him to get closer to see that it was an umbrella. It had been raining. The point is I can't assume it's an umbrella. There's no reason I won't be shot one day. There's nothing to stop it except for maybe statistics; being a gun owner will only help other people if they're in trouble, so thats out.

And this doesn't even register on the "how my day went" list. It's just a part of life. Remarking on it would be like noting every time you see a bird.

I've thought of getting a shotgun for the house, in case of a home invasion, but carrying a handgun isn't going to help if someone wants you dead. But that's the solution right now- buying a shotgun so that I might kill somebody who has a gun trying to get in my house. That's what's passing as an acceptable solution. I hate it.