Self Defense Scenario v. Dreams

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I've had some really weird dreams. Usually the ones that bother me are emptying a mag into an attacker and it doesnt even stop them. But, its just a dream.
 
For some of us who have "seen the elephant", those are called nightmares or flashbacks. Same guy, same bullet, same day, but 40 years later.
 
I used to have dreams that my guns would go phutt phutt instead of bang bang. Totally anemic and not do me any good. Last 3 or 4 dreams about engaging with a firearm, I have been completely successful in eliminating the threat. But the gun still goes phutt phutt.:confused: If dreams really mean something maybe we're finally going to see some easing of restrictions on silencers?:p

Naw probably just auditory exclusion, even when dreaming.
 
This is an interesting topic and comes up fairly regularly. I used to have the dreams where the bullets had no effect, would fall out the end of the barrel, the gun would malf, all bad things which concerned me because I was new to carrying and had just got my 45.

It made me want to go shooting more. It was like I was trying to confince myself that it would work in reality. A strange thing happened then. As I began shooting more and more, my guns began working in my dreams!

So that makes me think that it is related to confidence. I was getting better in real life, and in my dreams.

Go shooting more. Cast if you have to to get the price down. Thats how I did it.
 
I had a recurring dream about being in a very large mall (bigger than the Mall of America) right after closing. There were only scattered people in it, but I remember that I was being followed by people at a distance. I don't remember being particularly afraid, and I was conscious of having a gun, but it ended up being this goofy chase where I didn't run because I didn't want the people following me to know I knew they were following me, and they didn't run because they didn't want me to know they were following me.

That's about the only gun-related dream I've had.
 
Had a weird one a few nights ago - in the dream I was having a party which got crashed by 2 individuals intent on murder, rape, and general mayhem.

No idea why, but it's a dream, not a vision:p

Anyways, in the dream, went to the nightstand to get my Beretta, and it wasn't there, nor was any other gun where I usually leave it.

Turned around to find both men holding a gun in each hand and pointing them at me - that's when I woke up and immediately reached into the nightstand to make sure at least that one was still there

Yeesh, no more pickles before bed for me
 
Sometimes I have a dream based of a action game or movie so whatever I did right in the video game or saw right in the movie it seems always like some version of the firefight had a key part involving me in a close enviroment but not the same as in the movie or game but i usually win or lose based on the part of game or movie part I realize it to be when I wake up. And mabey just 2 times I had dreams where its was difficult to move around like walking through jello to get a shot off at the bad guy those dreams were disturbing but those dreams I seem to have difficulty remembering strangely.
 
Let's hear from someone who's guns do work in their dreams..

The last gun dream I had was that I had went back to Columbus where I'm from to visit. Everyone I knew was at work so I decided to cruise the old haunts. I went into an apt building I used to live at to look around and up on the 3rd floor I get approached by a young punk who says oh you made a mistake now and come at me. So I draw and put two in him just as pretty as you please. Everything worked and he fell down right away. A totally righteous shoot.

So the rest of the dream was me trying to distance myself from the scene and the police. I was running thru alleys and turning corners like mad with this overwhelming feeling that I have to get away so the police dont get me. I ran until I woke up.

It was a good shoot but I felt the need to run. Does this mean I don't have confidence in the Police? LOL:D
 
Dr. for someone having that dream you have a lot of firepower. I think it's a regular feeling to think about "what ifs" when it comes to using a gun, but everyday we do what we gotta do to survive and be safe. Sometimes it's nothing out of the ordinary, or you might have to change a flat tire at night on the highway, a very dangerous manuver, so you would dream about a car hitting you, or a bear your hunting mauling you. Pretty dark to me. I dream about winning the super lotto and such, but dreams about shooting somebody, good luck with that.
 
Let's hear from someone who's guns do work in their dreams..
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They work quite well for me lately. They just sound funny.

Good thing too, cuz I don't need anymore hearing loss, even in my dreams.:p
 
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