~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, On Thu, 18 Jul 1996 ichudov@algebra.com (Igor) wrote:
Re: peaceful people in your house. Did you ever have bad dreams? Did you ever have guests in your house?
I have had guns, bad dreams and guests in my house all at the same time, many times. So far, I've managed to avoid shooting anyone.
Imagine that you have a guest who at 4am woke up and went to the bathroom. Then you see a bad dream how you are being robbed, see the guy in the dark, forget that he is your guest, and shoot him. Not very pretty, huh?
Not pretty but fortunately very unlikely. I can imagine everything you said except forgetting someone is in my house. When I have someone under the mantle of my protection, my senses and my awareness are *hightened* not reduced. Okay, so this is my excuse to tell my L.Neil Smith gun story. On my way driving to the East Coast, I stopped over for a night with Smith. If you are familiar with his writing you might imagine that his house is no stranger to firearms. That night I got up to (guess what) go to the bathroom. On my way back to the couch where I was sleeping, I was attacked by... Neil's cat. It reached out from under a table and scratched my foot. I was afraid he would go for my face or something once I was asleep again, so I went to Neil's room to ask him to put the cat someplace. Neil, wearing nothing but his shorts and a BIG .44 automag came out to see what I wanted. I told him and he put the cat in the basement. I thanked him and said the gun wasn't necessary as I didn't want him to shoot the cat. His response was, "I wasn't planning on shooting the cat." Gulp! And yet I live. I'll trust a gunnie over a jackbooted ninja any time and any place. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~