Don’t run into traffic.
Don’t eat poisonous berries.
Don’t tell a girl she looks fat.

Well now you can add one more “don’t” to this list of deadly don’ts. Courtesy of our good friend here at ABJ, Mr. Chayson:

Don’t run in front of the barrel of a gun that someone is .0005 seconds away from firing.

A few of us were out hunting tonight, mainly for raccoons. When we see them, we jump out of the truck, and shoot them. Our roommate Cody was driving when we saw two ‘coons in the ditch. He stops, gets out, and aims his 12 gauge shotgun at one of them. Meanwhile, Chase runs from the passenger side, around the truck and directly in front of Cody. Literally an instant before Cody decapitates Chase, Brett shouts “Wait, wait!” Cody holds his fire, and he, Brett, and I all look at each other in disbelief. Chase meanwhile, is busy chasing down the animals that nearly cost him much more than a bottle of steroi… uh, Aspirin.

But after discussing with Chase later, we found out we were the lucky ones, not him. “…the bullets would have bounced off of my face and hit all three of you.”

Nothing like a brush with death to bring out the sense in Chase.