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I just heard a gun shot about three blocks away. I've got to move.
I'm hoping maybe I was just hearing things, but it's not a very mistakable noise. I'm waiting for sirens. If I don't hear any, I'll assume something just exploded.
And there've been no sirens so it's probably something else. I used to live in Baltimore City (now the county) and there were a lot of gunshots and murders there. I guess I'm just paranoid.
Unbelievably, one of my best friends was shot by a gang two weeks ago. He had kicked some kids out of a friend's house after the cops had already come and broken up the party. He asked them politely to leave, and after several more attempts to get them to leave, he had to bring out a bat. That got them to leave, but when he went to walk to his car, they drove by and shot him in the leg. That's pretty crazy considering the size of Chico. It's not a big city.
You've guessed correctly. I've only been in six fist fights in my life. I've never started a fight that I couldn't finish, and if I know there's no chance of winning, I apologize. Faking sincerity has gotten me out of a lot of sticky situations, fighting and otherwise.