Friendly Advice took many forms in Grafton. Sometimes a phrase like “I’m a proud gun owner” was slipped innocuously between a description of one’s pets and an observation on the weather. Sometimes it took the trappings of gossip, as in, “That guy knows not to break into my home because he knows I have guns,” presumably implying that I too should now know not to break into that home, for the same reason. Or somebody like Ploszaj’s friend, the free-wheeling John Redman, would sometimes just slap a gun clip down on your car console. In all cases, the common denominator was someone taking special
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