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    Armed American
    Armed American
    Armed American
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    Armed American

    By Anthony O'Brian

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    In an uncertain world, Hugh Taylor does his best to provide for and protect his family. A recent move has put them on a little uncertain footing and as they try to settle into their new home and take a day with their kids Hugh and Mary will be tested like never before! A fun-filled day is shattered with the sounds of terror. How will Hugh react? Can he rely on his wife for her help? Will the terrorists prevail or will they realize they have attacked the place at the wrong time and come face to face with their worst enemy...an armed American?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnthony O'Brian
    Release dateMay 14, 2017
    ISBN9781370760213
    Armed American
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    Anthony O'Brian

    Anthony O'Brian is a lifelong resident of the Pacific Northwest. He has a beautiful wife, three wonderful children and one dog. O'Brian has worked a wide variety of jobs, traveled the continental U.S. extensively, and been involved in several professional and non-professional capacities through the years, as a teacher, principal, P.E. instructor, construction worker, bus driver, public speaker, welder, editor, truck driver, machinist, and mechanic; currently a business owner and President of a non-profit corporation. He enjoys writing and has plans for several books to be published soon. Anthony and his family are traveling the United States again working for their non-profit corporation.

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      Armed American - Anthony O'Brian

      Armed American

      by

      Anthony O’Brian

      Kidder House Publishing

      2017 All Rights Reserved.

      No part of this e-book may be copied, shared or otherwise duplicated without prior written permission.

      ISBN: 9781370760213

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      The sky was overcast and the wind was picking up from a slight breeze that was refreshing to strong enough to stir the trash that was scattered in the parking lot of Brooks Crossing Shopping Mall. The clouds in the southwest looked darkest, threatening rain, when the Taylor family scurried from their vehicle toward the entrance with their three children. Mary Taylor held their youngest, Lacy who was three years old, in one arm while she pulled her hair away from obstructing her vision with the other, while Hugh held onto Nelson and Melissa’s hands as they crossed through the narrow demarked pedestrian zone.

      Today was their family day. Things had been fairly hectic the past several weeks with the children changing schools and the family settling into their new home. Hugh had cleared his schedule for the day and decided that they would take the kids to the mall for an outing. Since the weather was threatening a storm, it appeared they had made a good choice; their options would have been severely limited under impending thunderstorms.

      Nelson ran on ahead and held the door open for his mom and two sisters and Hugh waited for them all to go through. While he stood there his eyes caught a large sign that was pasted on several doors. It said something about "unlawful possession of a firearm being punishable by penal code"…it gave an ordinance number, but he didn’t take the time to finish reading. He was licensed. He had his concealed carry permit and besides there was no way he was going all the way back to where they had parked to replace his compact Smith & Wesson .40 tucked neatly in the hollow of his back, hidden beneath his shirt. Sure, he understood the rational behind the prohibition, but lawful citizens with a license to carry should be exempt, at least that is the way he felt. Nonetheless, from what he read it didn’t look like he was prohibited from carrying.

      If he would have taken the time to read just a little further, he would have seen that he, and all carriers, licensed or not, were prohibited. This mall was a ‘gun-free zone’. Hugh had not had the opportunity to brush up on state and local laws since coming into the area and so continued as he always had back at his home state.

      They made their way through the crowded and noisy food court area, awash in the various scents of the different cuisines offered. None of it appealed to him as they had just eaten at Taco Bell and he was stuffed.

      Mary put Lacy down and guided her along the outskirts of the eating area making their way further into the mall’s interior so they could get to their destination. They stopped just beyond and rented a pushcart with the plastic car on the front, where Lacy promptly sat and begin to ‘drive’.

      The place was packed, even for a Friday and it looked like nearly every

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