text: In reply to message60715: "Red Flags"...reminds me of soon after I got married in 1985 (I became a step-father of 4, 3 girls and one boy, ages 12 to 18. Boy was 14). One summer he was acting up with his friends, radio blaring WAY too loud (neighbors complaining). I went into his room and told him to turn it down, he said NO. I said turn it down or I'll smash it, and smack you upside the head so you would have a hard time hearing it at any level. His reply: "If you so much as touch me, I'll call the 800-abuse number and have you put away". I smiled softly, leaned in to almost touching his face with my face and told him "Go ahead and call. If I'm going to be arrested for correcting you, you have just signed your own death warrant! I will painfully kill you and face almost the same penalties! The choice is yours!" He turned down the radio. If I am going to be blamed for something (red-flag law), I will make the complaint TOTALLY worth it and valid!!!!