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As of late, I've seen a fair amount of posts from the perspective of criminals. These posts

have inspired me to share a story about a scary incident I had as a kid and how it became

a better man because of it. I realize I'm a tad bit older than most of the members

here on Reddit, so I wanted to use my experience to show this younger breed of criminals that

it's never too late to turn your life around. Pay close attention, please. Between 10

and 16 I spent more time inside of Juvie than I did in school. I'd been born into a world

of petty crime. All of those around me, including my own townspeak, had been in the penitentiary

at least once, and I never really had known any other life. My friends and I had a little

gang we called the breakers. As you can probably tell from the name, we specialized in burglary

and we thought we were the princes of crime.

Stupid and cringeworthy when you look back on it, but no one dared challenge the idea.

Having on the location the size of the job we often worked in two or three man teams.

On one break in in particular, we had received information from a girl we knew very well

that a family was going to be out of town for the weekend. From one to couple had told

her, the husband was and had been for a long time, a rapid gun collector. Now any crook

you talk to can tell you guns are a good source of quick cash, so we did a short casing

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