You forgot matches and maybe a frog in the pocket.Also, probably a pocket knife folded up in their pants their father or older brother gave him.
I can remember my older brother and I taking a couple of hatchets outside on the property and practicing how to throw them at a tree till they'd stick.
Nobody said a word: normal behavior.
Today, a neighbor would call the police, or parents would stop such behavior before we hurt ourselves.
Talking about useless neighbor intervention, I got called out for doing some trimming with a machete. "That's dangerous!"
Machetes are handy and where I grew up they were an essential gardening tool.
The guy was being a D*** and so I was too. I said, "Yes I have a trimmer and a lawn mower, like you suggest. I use them when I need, but can you defend your family with your trimmer and mower?" (MF!?!)
He got this disturbed expression and rushed away from me.
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Oh, and I would bet that he does not even own one gun.
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