In today's world, always be prepared to defend yourself. It will happen in an instant.

I had 3 black males start walking to my Jeep last week when I pulled up to an ATM machine at the gas station only 6 blocks from my house. When they noticed I wasn't taking my eyes off them, they kept on going and went inside the convenience store.

Little did they also notice I had reached for and had my Glock in my right hand as I rolled the window up with my left. I should have called the police, but I knew they couldn't do anything about it.

I also heard about commercial fishermen pulling shotguns on guides down on Lake Guntersville, accusing them of destroying their gill nets in the area.

One of the B.A.S.S. anglers was given a ticket for cutting a gill net out of his prop and throwing it on the bank at Guntersville, he would not have if he just cut it out and left it in the water, but he didn't want another boat to snag in it.

Gary Klein was even shot at when the Classic was held in New Orleans last year. Some ole redneck on a bayou was mad about the B.A.S.S. boats going full throttle in "his" bayou.

I also had a friend of mine get a Chevy Suburban stolen at Knoxville, Tennessee when he was out on the river. The theif was nice enough to leave the boat trailer.