Cornered Cat

It's a cold, blustery, gray, snowy day outside. A perfect day for staying inside with a cat:

She's cuddly, she's cozy, she likes to curl up next to a crackling fire on a cold winter's day. She's great company.

That being said, don't get between a cornered cat and an open door:

Some folks say the most dangerous place in the world is between a Mama Bear and her cubs. It may be so. I've never met a Mama Bear, myself.

The most dangerous place I ever stood was between a cornered cat and an open door.

When a cat feels threatened, she gets away from the danger as quickly as she can. She doesn't care what damage she inflicts on her way to safety, but she's not interested in fighting for fighting's sake. She does only as much as she needs to do in order to escape. She doesn't deal in revenge. If she feels threatened, she simply leaves. Efficiently.

I'm a dog person myself (see my profile to the left). But we can still learn a lot from cats. In particular, we can learn that it's OK for women to arm themselves and fight efficiently when necessary. That's why I'm adding The Cornered Cat to my blogroll today:

This site is about women and guns, not about cats. But in a way, it's about the cornered cat in all of us. It's about the determination to get away from an attacker if you need to. It's about making the decision to say, "Not me. Not mine. Not today." And it's about the tools to make that decision stick.

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