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I worked a side job (Deputy Sheriff at the time) -as security for Kelly Springfield Tires in Tyler. After months and month I got tired of wearing my gun rig. I started taking just a shot gun with me. This is very very embarrassing, but remember I was basically a kid. I walked down and would take the newspaper out of a yard every morning about 4:30.

Well I came back after my little walk, set down and opened the newspaper. Guess what? My shotgun was missing. I had no other gun and the bad guys had my shotgun. There was no 911 then. I called the Sheriff’s Office immediately. The Calvary arrived. No one was found. You can imagine the problems I received from my co-workers.

It was found and had been used in a robbery in Dallas. They had cut the barrel off so I couldn’t get it back. I learned a huge lesson. All of the other jobs I worked on the side I wore my gun rig at all times.