[at-l] weight/use efficiency & Guns

[saunterer@jimbullard.org (saunterer@jimbullard.org)]

At 09:22 AM 1/31/02 -0600, Shane Steinkamp wrote:
>Off topic, but in the same vein...
>
>In the major rooms of my home, I can always put my hand on a loaded weapon.
>This is a direct result of many stories, but especially this one:  A man was
>fatally stabbed in his home by an intruder.  His wife walked in on this, ran
>upstairs with the perp right behind her, grabbed the shotgun out of the
>corner in the bedroom, stuck it right in the perps face and pulled the
>trigger.  The shotgun was not loaded.  She was brutally beaten, raped, and
>stabbed.  She lived, but if the gun had been loaded...
>
>As another note, all the guns are placed in such a way that kids can't get
>them - even if they knew where they were.

With all due respect Shane, I think you should move.  There are places 
where that kind of stuff is rare.

sAunTerer