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Big Brother Wasn’t Watching

Family means a lot to Christopher Burns, 21, of Orange Park, Fla. So much so that he has a large tattoo on his neck reading “Family”. Burns got mighty upset at his 19-year-old sister, though: she washed his pants, and didn’t check his pockets first — his drug stash was in there. He was so angry that he pulled a gun from under a couch cushion and pointed it toward her, she says; she told Clay County Sheriff’s deputies she feared for her life. But Burns instead went outside and relieved his anger by shooting several shots into the ground, deputies say. Burns was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon — without the intent to kill. (RC/WTEV Jacksonville) ...Right: she’s family.