On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:17:21 +0000, Phil Cook wrote:

>>> No of course, but having a safety lock and a child lock; hey why not
>>> just lock it away in a gun cabinet :-P
>>
>> I'm good with that.
> 
> Except we're back to why 'you' have the weapon in the first place.

Well, *I* don't, because I'd want it to be stored safely.  I have other 
ways of dealing with an intruder - fortunately, where we live, that's not 
much of a danger.  Most of the crime around here is car prowls and 
vandalism.

>> I've got one like that as well.  The sharp pointy weapon is an antique,
>> but it's still quite sharp.  I wouldn't want to get the blade stained
>> (nor would my wife, as it's hers) if we could possibly avoid it, but it
>> would certainly be effective at close range.
> 
> 'Now look what you've done. You've got all that horrible blood on my
> antique' Sorry I just found that a funny thought.

That's OK, we'd probably say something like that, because we're that kind 
of people....

>> We have had occasion to "clear" the house using a couple of them,
>> actually - came home and found we'd left the back door unlocked, and
>> *thought* we heard a noise in the basement.  Plenty of doorways to hide
>> behind, and the basement was clear (so all's well that ends well).
> 
> Most people here would have called 999, then waited until the next day
> for the police to turn up.

BTDT as well (not for a possible break-in, though) - witnessed a fight 
out in front of our gym last week, called the cops - (a) they didn't know 
where the liquor store was that I told them about, so I had to drive 
around and find a street sign.  There was a cop stationed at the liquor 
store, but they sent another car out.  Of course, by the time they said 
they'd send a car out, the fight was long over.

Jim

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