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Thanks for the thoughts. I only knew Ted on a casual basis but the thought of my BIL losing his best friend is really playing on me. I cherish my friends, they are like family only better because you choose to make them part of your life.
Gun control laws? How is that working for Chicago? Quite a few homicides there in the petri dish of gun control laws, most involving illegal guns I would speculate.
Man, I need a drink.