Rock Collector Fires Upon Masked Intruder

"Check this out, fool!" announced a masked intruder as he burst through the door of Allen Van Arsdale's antique shop. But police say Van Arsdale, a 46-year-old rock collector, was not about to comply. He dropped to one knew, drew a .45 Colt revolver and fired a shot, missing the bandit by inches but causing him to flee. "Whatever drugs he's doing altered his brain chemistry and he did something he probably didn't want to do," Van Arsdale said. "When somebody points a gun at me, it alters my brain chemistry and makes me do things I don't normally do." The Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City, UT