--- "Horn, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Andrew Crystall > > > > > > Isn't that the (potential) problem? You might > be "coherent" enough to > > > grab your gun and move. But would you be > "coherent" enough to > > > recognize that this wasn't a fight or flight > situation? > > > > I'm using a blade, remember. And I keep it OUT of > reach when there > > are prople I don't know in the house. I can still > reach it inside a > > second, but I have to THINK about it, and hence > wake up a lot more. > > > > byt to be honest, it's not really applied to that. > I was refering > > there to threatening with weapon versus USING > weapon. > > OK. I'll buy that. However, I wasn't really > replying only to "you". I was > replying to everyone (onlist and off) who says they > can wake up and use a > weapon to defend themselves without accidentally > killing a family member...
I'm single. If I had children, obviously I couldn't keep a loaded weapon in reach. So far, the cats haven't figured out how to pull a trigger... ;) Boyfriends knew to *call* and wake me if they were coming over, and that 'pretending' to be an intruder was *not* an option. Debbi Role-Playing Is Fun, But Being Terrified Isn't Maru __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
