Bowling Green is a nice city about 2 hours or so from here.  It’s a sleepy college town, and also has the Corvette Museum, which is a must see if you’re into cars.

Apparently, even college towns have their problems:

Two people are injured and many are still in shock after a man armed with an ax began attacking doors and swinging his weapon at residents of an apartment complex in Bowling Green.

Paul Bunyan apparently decided to reenact his favorite Stephen King novel and took an axe to his neighbors and their doors.  One person got 12 stitches when he was caught outside, and I’d say that as much as that must hurt, he got lucky.  Axes make great weapons for cutting and smashing, and they’ve been used as instruments of war for millenia.

Scared residents tried to barricade themselves in their homes, and when he started cutting his way through, they jumped out the window and ran.  Luckily for them, the attacker was subdued by police before he killed someone.

But what if they hadn’t gotten there fast enough, or if he’d been more determined to kill someone?  Surviving by luck or because he doesn’t choose to chase you when you run isn’t what I would call a good plan.  Hoping that the crazy man passes by your door on his way to the neighbor isn’t any better.

I’m thankful that this incident ended as well as it did, but it could have been much worse.  Someone with an effective tool for either deterring this madman or stopping him if he insisted on persisting could have ended this quickly.  For most people, that tool will be a firearm.  Remember, the time to realize you need a gun is not when some nut is beating on your door with an axe.