How to wreck your family for decades
Sometimes there is so much pain out there it is a wonder that human hearts don’t just burst. As I read this, I thought that this is a perfect way to damage your family for decades. My heart goes out to the child forced to shoot at his or her father: Miner threatened to kill ...
Sometimes there is so much pain out there it is a wonder that human hearts don't just burst. As I read this, I thought that this is a perfect way to damage your family for decades. My heart goes out to the child forced to shoot at his or her father:
Sometimes there is so much pain out there it is a wonder that human hearts don’t just burst. As I read this, I thought that this is a perfect way to damage your family for decades. My heart goes out to the child forced to shoot at his or her father:
Miner threatened to kill his four children, physically assaulted his wife and threw a loaded handgun to the teen who came to her aid.
‘Do you want to play the gun game?’ Miner — who served in the 82nd Airborne Division and was sniper qualified — asked the teen.
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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