Gun Control & RKBA

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts) Mon Feb 3, 2014, 05:11 PM Feb 2014

My cat pooped on the floor at 3 AM [View all]

I got up at 3 AM to go to the bathroom when I discovered it. My husband and I sleep in separate rooms in different parts of the house for comfort reasons. Should I just leave the mess there until morning? No, it would SMELL to high heaven. If I cleaned it, it would probably wake up my husband. Would he think I was intruder was in house? Since the garbage cans had already been taken out to street, I knew I would have to open the front door to take it outside to the cans.

I went through a LOT of mental images about this knowing he sleeps with a gun in his nightstand. Would he think I am a CRIMINAL invading the house in the middle of the night? What to do? Yes, I did have to think about this. I turned on every single light in the house. Would a burglar do that? Doubt it. Cleaned it all up and was about to take it outside through the front door when he got up and met me there. Thankfully, no gun in hand.

Why in the world should I even have to go through all these scenarios in my head to begin with?

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My cat pooped on the floor at 3 AM [View all] HockeyMom Feb 2014 OP

When my elderly cat misses the box and poops on the floor, Cleita Feb 2014 #1

That's definitely something to pay close attention to - inappropriate petronius Feb 2014 #2

Cat poop aside, potentially being shot for an intruder in your own home? redwitch Feb 2014 #3

Yes, that was what worried me more HockeyMom Feb 2014 #4

If you are that fearful and distrusting of your husband why stick around? clffrdjk Feb 2014 #7

If the OP feels a serious concern in that regard, it sounds like a conversation petronius Feb 2014 #5

Without knowing either of them beyond what I read I felt compelled to say something. redwitch Feb 2014 #9

I had a cat one time....that would protest by peeing in the sink ileus Feb 2014 #17

My cat kept her own gun. Used the ficus tree in protest... Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #37

Did you share your fears with your husband when he got up? Arkansas Granny Feb 2014 #6

You could have put the cat poop in front of his door pscot Feb 2014 #8

"no particular responsibility" clffrdjk Feb 2014 #10

How are "2nd amendment fans" responsible for the choices of that poster? beevul Feb 2014 #11

No pscot Feb 2014 #20

You posted with such conviction clffrdjk Feb 2014 #23

I won't play pscot Feb 2014 #27

Lol please send me the NRA link clffrdjk Feb 2014 #29

"NRA?" Nile River Authority? Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #38

Well, THAT's an effective rhetorical technique... Straw Man Feb 2014 #44

Hmm! I don't think this is a 2A issue. Starboard Tack Feb 2014 #43

Agreed sarisataka Feb 2014 #49

You shouldn't. Starboard Tack Feb 2014 #12

So he had the fire control on "his M16" set on semi-auto? oneshooter Feb 2014 #14

set to pew instead of pew pew pew or no pew. ileus Feb 2014 #16

Notice how he disappears when his ignorance is shown? n/t oneshooter Feb 2014 #22

Only on DU: Busy-bowelled cats leads to Gunzzz. Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #39

Be thankful you live in a free country SkatmanRoth Feb 2014 #13

Skatman knows his shit SecularMotion Feb 2014 #18

My wife and kids roam around at night all the time, I haven't popped any of them yet. ileus Feb 2014 #15

Ah. If she had a gun too pscot Feb 2014 #21

did someone besides you mention having a fire fight over cat logs? ileus Feb 2014 #24

"the 2nd amendment fans feel no particular responsibility" clffrdjk Feb 2014 #25

Autopilot. Straw Man Feb 2014 #26

- Snort - n/t shadowrider Feb 2014 #74

"Firefight" with my cat? Don't want to risk it. Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #40

I have a polydactyl cat discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2014 #41

Too much time in Key West with Hemingway's cats! Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #42

So I've heard. discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2014 #47

we have a polydactyl too gejohnston Feb 2014 #46

Mine is big on holding on and hugging. discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2014 #48

We have a cat too. Jenoch Feb 2014 #19

Guns don't kill ann--- Feb 2014 #28

My wife would wake me up for me to do it gejohnston Feb 2014 #30

I bet, no snow clouds. oneshooter Feb 2014 #31

I think you need to have a talk with your husband about this. That you haven't is very sad. NYC_SKP Feb 2014 #32

This. Get the husband more training or remove the guns. ManiacJoe Feb 2014 #34

Or remove yourself- this does not sound like a safe household friendly_iconoclast Feb 2014 #36

This doesn't make any sense. BuzzKillington Feb 2014 #52

So her fears are "baseless"? Tumbulu Feb 2014 #60

i thought being afraid of guns was the rational thing CreekDog Feb 2014 #61

The only solution is to go back to bed, call him on his cell phone Warpy Feb 2014 #33

I can smell when my cat goes in her litterbox across the house and doesn't cover it Packerowner740 Feb 2014 #35

If your husband kept a baseball bat by the bed ... Straw Man Feb 2014 #45

Or..... BuzzKillington Feb 2014 #55

Bill Frist! Is that you? Welcome to DU. uppityperson Feb 2014 #59

an unsecured gun is a rational thing to fear CreekDog Feb 2014 #63

Rational? Straw Man Feb 2014 #66

? BuzzKillington Feb 2014 #75

I'm gonna stop answering your obtuse questions if you don't cut it out. CreekDog Feb 2014 #78

yes actually, i'd be afraid --that almost happened to me CreekDog Feb 2014 #62

Almost? Straw Man Feb 2014 #65

so now you're attempting to pick apart two of my posts? CreekDog Feb 2014 #67

It's a legitimate question. Straw Man Feb 2014 #68

Because he is scared that you might have a bat. oneshooter Feb 2014 #71

Well, he'd have to get considerably closer to her with the bat Warpy Feb 2014 #76

or they live in a shitty neighborhood gejohnston Feb 2014 #77

How broad is your brush? Straw Man Feb 2014 #82

Discard either the guns or the husband mwrguy Feb 2014 #50

Have you spoken to your husband? linuxman Feb 2014 #51

Yes there is a lot more important than my life BuzzKillington Feb 2014 #53

The question wasn't directed at you. linuxman Feb 2014 #54

So that means I'm not allowed to reply to it? BuzzKillington Feb 2014 #57

yeah, you shouldn't reply to it as if you were answering for her CreekDog Feb 2014 #64

If you don't mind my asking, gejohnston Feb 2014 #56

You have to go through those scenarios because Jenoch Feb 2014 #58

Yes, I think it's dangerous for him to sleep with a gun in his nightstand, unsecured CreekDog Feb 2014 #69

how about under biometric? gejohnston Feb 2014 #70

just found this today, I think it's a fantastic idea. Bazinga Feb 2014 #72

When My Kid Was Little - Spending Night @ Friends House otohara Feb 2014 #73

Poor kitteh shenmue Feb 2014 #79

I am beginning to think the op's story is BS clffrdjk Feb 2014 #80

Yeah, it really happened HockeyMom Feb 2014 #81

And about that: if both of you are paranoid, I prefer the person who doesn't have the gun CreekDog Feb 2014 #83

And have you discussed this with your husband? n/t Lurks Often Feb 2014 #84

Why do you sleep dumbcat Feb 2014 #85

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