…(See Gun, Pistol, and Gannon.)…

…the grave and he awoke shaking with fear.Another blind man told me that prior to a visit from his brother, he nearly always dreamed he was walking in a field full of blind animals that surrounded him on all sides, and felt him all over with their paws. They then suddenly vanished, and he found himself knee deep in water, when he invariably awoke.I once met a blind woman who informed me that, prior to receiving any disappointment, she always dreamed she was tormented by a little boy with a square-shaped head, who bit and pinched her till she shrieked with pain, when someone instantly came running up and shot him, and she always awoke with the report of the gun ringing in her ears.The ordinary dreams, such as I have mentioned in Part I, would seem to have the same significance to the blind as to other people….

…pocket, turned into his friend Captain Macgregor, who, forcing him under a pump, made him drink and drink till he could hold no more. The captain then produced a Maxim gun, and swore that unless Doctor Eastlake went on drinking he would fire; whereupon the unfortunate dreamer was about to try and squeeze more water down his throat, when the pump was suddenly converted into a steamer, and he found himself struggling desperately to join his wife, who was already seated, and in imminent danger of being crushed to death by a huge baby that had been thrust into the berth, that was too frail to support such a stupendous weight, just over her head. Oh, the agony of that moment! — His beloved wife in the utmost peril of her life, and he frustrated on all sides in his efforts to save her! Just as he had mounted the…

Dreaming about such type of portable gun supported on a tripod has symbolism of contradictory decisions.

Dreaming of shooting a gun means you have ambition and know your life goals. Your plans to achieve them are successful. If you shoot another person directly, this represents your aggression and anger towards that person. To dream that someone shoots you, can mean that in real life you are experiencing confrontation and may feel a victim of this situation.

Dreaming of being in a gun shop usually indicates that you’ll receive honors or that some pleasant events will occur in the near future.

Dreaming of fire weapons means sickness and death. To be injured with a sharp object is a sign of envy, jealousy and dislikes. Having a gun in your hand is a sign that you need material things to feel fully satisfied. To see or to hold a weapon in your dream indicates a need to defend and protect yourself emotionally and/or physically. You are experiencing some conflict in your waking life. Alternatively, the dream may also indicate a hiding desire to hurt someone or something. Your dream provides a safe asylum to express these desires. To dream that others are rich suggests you have to look help on those around you.

…Lions in dreams portend marriages; success of all kinds, viz.: in love, work, and sport; and unexpected journeys.Prior to a voyage to the West Indies, planned on the spur of the moment, a lady once told me she dreamed she was crossing the road opposite the house when, on glancing up, she perceived, to her terror, the face of a lion glaring down at her from the nursery window. In an agony of fear for her children’s safety, she turned to seek the aid of a man with a gun, when, with a tremendous roar, the Hon leaped down and dashed after her — a proceeding which awoke her.I recollect, too, dreaming I was eaten by a lion, shortly before I made up my mind to go to Oregon, in the summer of 1894….

The guns are the symbols of danger and anger. Maybe you feel the aggression towards some particular person. Or there is some kind of unfair situation? If you have loaded the gun, it means you are ready to protect yourself, or even worse – you want to do some damage to others. Don’t!

…It is a favorable dream to see birds of beautiful plumage. A wealthy and happy partner is near if a woman has dreams of this nature. Moulting and songless birds, denotes merciless and inhuman treatment of the outcast and fallen by people of wealth. To see a wounded bird, is fateful of deep sorrow caused by erring offspring. To see flying birds, is a sign of prosperity to the dreamer. All disagreeable environments will vanish before the wave of prospective good. To catch birds, is not at all bad. To hear them speak, is owning one’s inability to perform tasks that demand great clearness of perception. To kill than with a gun, is disaster from dearth of harvest….

To shoot something in a dream, means that you already made a target and aimed to reached it as soon as it is possible. In those cases when the dreamer shoots the other human being, such dream shows the aggressive emotions towards certain person or situation. If someone has shot you with the gun, then it could reflect the relationships between you and somebody else. Maybe you are in a conflict with somebody and afraid of the consequences.

(Arm) In a dream, a gunsmith represents war, arguments, or victory. (Also see Gun salesman)