To me it translates to "I really need to get some training, because as it is I'm more likely to shoot a member of my own family, just like the Brady Bunch says."
since when does shining a light on someone make it likely that you are going to shoot them?
Well hopefully he wasn't really likely to shoot her. But he said he was, and that strikes me as bad marital tactics. It might get her thinking, "Maybe the Million Brady Moms are right..."
Or maybe not.
So Threeband, where did I go wrong tactically that I need more training?
I did not draw on her, I did not point my gun at her. In fact, as I wrote initially, I did not even have my gun in hand.
Instead I used my light to ID my target and determined that it was her and not a threat. Thanks to this simple, proven tactic I'm much LESS likely to shoot a member of my own family.
Perhaps instead of relying on a sound, simple tactic like using a light to ID my target, I should have grabbed my gun, blindly leapt out of bed, tripped over the dogs, bounced off the wall into the partially open door slamming it into her face as she's reaching it on the other side, sending her backwards over the banister causing her to fall 12 feet to the bottom of the stairs. Then, once I got up from the floor, found my gun and the door knob, cleared the hallway in the dark and staggered my way down the stairs where I would find a
still unidentified broken and battered body lying there, my next tactical move would be to yell to my wife to call 911 while I held the body at gun point and groped for the light switch so I could see who it is. And when I finally had some light and I could see it was her I would still end up saying, "Christ, I could have shot you! What were you doing out of bed?!:banghead:
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BTW, thanks to all for the suggestions and responses. I didn't go with flowers but she came home to a clean house, a great dinner, some good wine, and all was forgotten. So, everything turned out fine in the end, she's not mad and she knows I'm keeping an eye on things and not just buying all these goodies because their tacticool or for work. Also, I've already tried the butt check suggestion and it works great except she slaps my hand away after the fourth or fifth check and tells me to leave her alone and let her sleep! Once again showing her lack of appreciation for my tactics.