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I have a nine millimeter Beretta in the house.

Thomas Hammonds, US Army, US Navy 1976 - 2009, talks about how he knew he had PTSD.

Transcript

It was funny because about four weeks ago in my neighborhood,

I woke up to the sound of five gunshots.

And for whatever reason, I think it was an automatic response,

I put my pants on, went and got my,

I have a nine millimeter Beretta in the house.

I went and got it, put a magazine in,

put a round in the chamber and stepped outside to take a look

to see what was, to make an assessment.

It was a natural thing.

Even though I've been out for this long, it was just one

of those things that you responded to.

And I found it very unusual to respond like that.

It was just weird.

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