I was in a large gun shop basically just shooting the breeze when a guy who gave me the impression of being a little strange, wanted to look at a military sword. He took it and played with it a little then looked at me and sort of jokingly drew it back as if he were going to attack. I was 99% sure he was not serious but it scared me. I told in a firm and angry voice to put it down. Fortunately he did so.You got THAT right, but it could have been even WORSE... You could have met the guy from THIS thread:For some reason, perhaps deep in the psyche, the sword bothered me far worse than a pistol.
Of course the guy holding it made some of the difference.
Man beheads rival, puts head on hood of car
Posted on 2/4/02 3:00 PM Pacific by Luis GonzalezST. PETERSBURG -- "A man beheaded his rival during an early morning fight Monday and then placed the severed head on the hood of a car for neighbors to see, police said.
Officers came upon the scene as the man was trying to arrange a mirror in front of the decapitated head. Police said the suspect, Dennis George Roache, 34, has a history of mental illness.
``One officer at the scene said this was the most gruesome thing he'd seen in a really long time,'' police spokesman George Kajtsa said.
Police were called to the home in south St. Petersburg shortly before 8:30 a.m. by a woman who said she had barricaded herself in a bathroom when her former boyfriend broke into the home of her current boyfriend, Gregory L. Shannon, 18.
The woman told police Roache was wielding a 2½-foot machete. Police said he'd bought the machete Sunday at a Pinellas Park flea market..."
Time to have legislation to close that "flea market loophole"!