blackxpress
Green Belt
This almost happened to me years ago. If my wife hadn't screamed just in the nick of time she'd be dead now.
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/police-fla-man-kills-159257.html
I'm posting this in the firearms section because, in this case, the weapon was a gun. The same could also apply to knives, swords, etc. If you must keep a loaded firearm in the house, be sure it's secure enough that you cannot deploy it unless you are fully awake. In my case, the weapon was an 8" hunting knife that I used to keep between the mattress and box springs. I thought I heard an intruder in the house. I reached over to check on my wife and could've sworn she was still in the bed with me. I must have been half asleep, sleepwalking or whatever. I saw this shadowy figure coming through the bedroom door, pulled my knife and lunged out of bed. She screamed and I broke off my attack just in time. I still can't believe I was able to regain my faculties that quick. She and I are both very lucky. From that day forward I have never kept a weapon of any kind within easy reach of the bed. I keep a loaded shotgun in the closet inside a case. That requires me to be awake enough to walk across the room, open the closet, get the gun out of its case, jack a shell into the chamber and remove the safety. Hopefully if I'm able to do all those things I'll be awake enough to know who I'm shooting at before I pull the trigger.
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/police-fla-man-kills-159257.html
I'm posting this in the firearms section because, in this case, the weapon was a gun. The same could also apply to knives, swords, etc. If you must keep a loaded firearm in the house, be sure it's secure enough that you cannot deploy it unless you are fully awake. In my case, the weapon was an 8" hunting knife that I used to keep between the mattress and box springs. I thought I heard an intruder in the house. I reached over to check on my wife and could've sworn she was still in the bed with me. I must have been half asleep, sleepwalking or whatever. I saw this shadowy figure coming through the bedroom door, pulled my knife and lunged out of bed. She screamed and I broke off my attack just in time. I still can't believe I was able to regain my faculties that quick. She and I are both very lucky. From that day forward I have never kept a weapon of any kind within easy reach of the bed. I keep a loaded shotgun in the closet inside a case. That requires me to be awake enough to walk across the room, open the closet, get the gun out of its case, jack a shell into the chamber and remove the safety. Hopefully if I'm able to do all those things I'll be awake enough to know who I'm shooting at before I pull the trigger.