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Two events for me.

1. This isn't something that actually happened to me, but within the first year or so after my daughter was born there was a rash of kidnappings in the news all over the country from just about anywhere. There were several here in the metroplex from the home, to the car or shopping cart in a parking lot, to inside the store somewhere. My wife wouldn't take her out in public without me until she was almost 3y.

2. When someone tried to enter my backyard during the day with both of my Rottweilers trying to remove his fingers. He was not deterred by the Rotties and didn't take off until he saw me. I did not even own a gun at that time. Later we figured that he was probably after my riding lawn mower, but I used this experience to convince my wife the need for a gun. I was enlightened to the possibility that if someone really wanted my daughter a couple of dogs would only slow them down. My dogs needed backup.