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“I bought a gun,” my brother told me. “A what?” I said. The connection was super crackly, so I wasn’t sure I’d heard him right. “A gun,” he said. “Just to be safe. I have a family to protect, you know.” “Oh, please,” I said. “To protect from what? You live on an army base. Are you expecting Genghis Khan and his hordes to show up?” “Ha-ha,” he said. “You’re a laugh and a half.” Whenever we argued, it was as if we reverted right back to our middle school selves. “You think I’m overreacting,” he said. “I know. But you’ll ...
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