.40CLTlocal
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Friday morning my son had tubes put in his ears. My wife and I both took the day off work so we could hang out with him and make sure the anathesha wore off ok. Around 11:45 I hear a knock on the small window that is just beside my front door. Not too strange as my neighbor will do that because the door bell will wake my son up during his naps. But when I look out I see a sketchy and kind of dirty guy. I also see his beat up F-250 in the cult-de-sac with a "Quality Steaks" sticker on the side. Knock on the window seems a little odd now. I open the door, gun on hip. He either doesn't notice or doesn't care. He launches right into his pitch. I stop his mid-sentence and tell him that I am good and we buy whole half cows from a family friend. Getting slightly more argessive he insists that he has chicken and pork too. Again I tell him No and start to close the door. For some reason he lurches towards the door. Muscle memory is a great thing. One move my hand is on my gun and the holster strap is popped open. He stops dead, raises his hands and says "whoa, ok ok." He backs away from the porch, turns and walks back to his truck. He left without going to anymore houses. In reality I think he may have just wanted to get on more word in about his meat but he pegged out my awareness sensor. This whole event also served as a reminder why I carry and that as the hoildays approach, people get desperate. I also had a friend over that is with CMPD last night. After telling him the whole story he proceeded to tell me they had one of the quality steak guy breaking into houses. If my son had not had tubes, we would have been gone so there is no telling what could have happened. Stay safe everyone. The crazy time of year is upon us.