(Source: University of Arkansas at Little Rock) Bill Ballard likes to say he has an angel on his shoulder. That angel was never more apparent than the time Ballard nearly killed an elderly woman. As a 16-year-old, Ballard and a friend went squirrel hunting in his hometown of Ozark, Ark. Not finding their quarry, they decided to test their skills on an abandoned home. Each was going to shoot through an already broken window pane. Ballard, now 85, had no doubt he could hit the target from a distance, but before shooting, he decided to take a look inside the building. He was startled to find a gray-haired woman sitting in what would have been his line of fire. Ballard ponders what would have...
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