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Invitation to a shooting

On June 26, 2017 By Alfredo LanierIn Uncategorized15 Comments

Americans who buy guns to feel safemay be their own worst enemiesMy 67-year-old brother-in-law Greg is a model gun owner. He's trained in the proper use of a gun and has a concealed-carry permit as well as other licenses.He says he needs his small arsenal for personal protection, though I'm not sure from whom.During the …

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Annie get your gun? Or probably not.

On August 28, 2014 By Alfredo LanierIn Uncategorized13 Comments

I used to believe, naively, that a "home invasion" was a melodramatic synonym for "burglary" until two weeks ago, when at about ten-thirty at night four punks in their twenties broke into the small ranch of a retired American couple in their late sixties who live a few miles deeper into the countryside than us. …

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San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico

I'm a Cuban-American living with my husband of 53 years in a small ranch about five miles outside San Miguel de Allende. We retired here 20 years ago.

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