On Black Friday morning, here came Van (11) and Asher (8) Munstenteiger, young lads full of fun and excitement, alternately walking and running toward the Center Street Bridge on their way to their grandpa's Coast True Value hardware store.

They had already covered a couple of blocks from their home east of the bridge before taking a brief peak over the north side of the bridge.

Who knows what they might see with their eagle eyes?

An empty can of soda, a plastic bag, or a lone fox scampering off in the distance.

Boy, did they see something beyond their wildest dreams. It was a pistol and Va...