> > Heh. I debated on carrying a knife at the last wedding I went to. As I > > was presiding over it, I decided to leave it with my street cloths. > > I think Miss Manners would have approved, at least if you're talking > about wearing the knife openly (unlike the wedding David mentioned), > though it may depend on the religion or lack thereof and on the > social circles. You can always say you're Sikh... But I agree, nobody was wearing bowie knives - It was the regular assortment of Spyderco's and Balisongs with a couple of big-ass lockblades in the mix - and my Tarani Karambit draw a fair amount of interest. I digress. > > As far as gunfights (in the spaghetti western style) there are two > > schools of thought that I have heard; take your time and get a good, > > well aimed shot off, or fire of a quick round in the general direction > > to rattle your opponent, then fire an aimed shot while he (or she) is > > checking for new holes. Discuss. > >Okay. Stay out of gunfights. In particular, stay out of movie-style >gunfights. You can get hurt. Stay the heck out of fights period. The best fight is one you successfully ran away from. (Rule 1.5 at our school - it's a corollary to Rule 1: Don't get hit.) But I digress again. Always aim. This isn't the wild west. Even if it's a bad job of aiming you want to be able to honestly say to yourself and the police that you aimed at the target. Rounds travel a long way, a long, long way. It's bad enough on your psyche if you kill someone on purpose - killing someone by accident is much, much worse. David