Weaponry

She’d taken a few steps toward the kitchen when he said, “Know what we need around here?”
She waited.
“A gun.”
“A gun, Dad?
“Come on! A firearm, a weapon, a blaster. Like a Winchester 73, the gun that won the west.”
“What for?”
“What for? Look around.”
“The west is already won,” Mrs. Plansky said.
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2 Comments on “Weaponry”

  1. You can tell her Dad has limited his reading material to Westerns. Now if he had read more contemporary spy novels he would know you can use practically anything as a weapon.

    I think it was in one of the Trevanian novels that the main character looked around a waiting room and saw over a dozen deadly weapons, including a pencil and a magazine.

    I have been amused going through security at airports and the court building how they allow me to enter without taking down my hair. I use hair sticks. Mine are either wood or resin so no metal. But they are long, pointy and strong. I’m sure use with precision they could kill someone. I also have a short antler I bought from Wyoming. The woman selling them in her shop said that you could actually break someone’s thigh bone with enough force. Even so, getting stabbed with one is very painful and leaves a significant bruise. Being an antler, I’m sure it would go through a metal detector too.

    So could a dog sans collar. But the collar is the least deadly weapon on a dog. (As many a perp’s pant leg can attest to.)

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