Chapter 35
As the late afternoon's natural sunlight diminished in his bungalow, where Campbell Vaughn read in his recliner near his east-facing backyard windows, he closed his nonfiction book on weaponry. He had hoped to make some headway with examining the symbolism of using ancient Hawaiian weapons, or even the symbolic significance of attacking with blades versus bullets, but ninety minutes of reading left him unsatisfied.
As Campbell had been reading, an inner warning gained traction in his thoughts. I cannot make the mistake of assigning undue importance on the symbolism of the weapon, he thought. More important is how a weapon is used, what is available to the attacker, and why it is selected for the particular circumstances of the scene. On television shows and serial killer m
