In 1939 on Halloween, I was born. Randall Everett Horning.
Sure, Mom and Dad dressed me up in costumes throughout the years (my favorite? a police officer's uniform, of course).
Today, though, as a police officer charged with protecting the public's safety, I have to point out: have you ever really looked at this holiday?! Halloween: Dress up your kids to the point that they're not recognizable as themselves, send them out into the neighborhood to everybody's house -- including people they might not (moreso probably don't) know, to be given uninspected treats that could contain virtually anything.
Now that's what ya call a Safety nightmare.
- OH