Wrong House picked for Home Invasion

[brin]

We live in the country and the few times someone comes to our door, rings the bell...I go to the door with my pistol in my pocket and at the ready...Never know.

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[Gary Fowler]

Obviously the homeowner needed a larger caliber gun, 4 shots center mass should have left the perp laying at the door.

Is it nearing the time for homeowners to have a mantrap entrance where a door closes behind any visitor, metal detectors /xrays reveal any weapons and neutralize the visitor prior to other door opening. Sounds Sci-fi but it may come to that and also no windows in the house. A camera and LCD screen to depict the view out the window would work.

I just viewed a You Tube video about how the L.A. PD has license plate scanners on patrol cars that automatically scan every car they pass and it goes into a data base to be compared to stolen vehicles etc. They can tract cars and their owners where they have been, who they are seen with etc. Good for Police but used unscrupulously could be dangerous to the public.

 

[dave1949]

Castle murder holes ...
Castle Features

Most castles, by the time of concentric castles, had what were called "murder holes" above their main entrance. Strictly called machicolations, defending soldiers above the murder holes would throw down onto the enemy underneath boiling water, boiling pitch etc., whatever was likely to put off the attacking soldiers. The attackers had to get close to the castle to get in, so they had to get under the murder holes to attack the main entrance. We do know that parts of dead bodies were thrown through these gaps to put off the enemy !!

 

[CobyRupert]

We live in the country and the few times someone comes to our door, rings the bell...I go to the door with my pistol in my pocket and at the ready...Never know.

I would hate living in fear. As I once read somewhere "WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES, it takes away today's PEACE."

 

[oosik]

I live "way out" in the country. Nearest neighbor is 3+ miles away. My driveway is a mile long. I certainly DO NOT live in fear. It is well known in this part of the country that I approach all unknown visitors parked in my yard with a loaded shot gun. Friends have no problems visiting - others who may have ulterior motives best reconsider a trip down MY driveway.

 

[brin]

I would hate living in fear. As I once read somewhere "WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES, it takes away today's PEACE."

Well Now, that's a real cute response.....and making fun of my quote I have on my signature shows you are a real class act...:thumbdown:

Maybe one day you will mature to the point you understand the difference between being prepared to protect your family and being fearful...Keep hope alive.

 

[Sodo]

Well Now, that's a real cute response.....and making fun of my quote I have on my signature shows you are a real class act...:thumbdown:

Maybe one day you will mature to the point you understand the difference between being prepared to protect your family and being fearful...Keep hope alive.

Brin, I've seen your quote before and always thought "I like that"; it sounds a lot more mature than some of other quotes that I see. I thought "this guy knows how to live". I guess I don't understand what you mean by you quote either. :indifferent:

 

[roadhunter]

Well Now, that's a real cute response.....and making fun of my quote I have on my signature shows you are a real class act...:thumbdown:

Maybe one day you will mature to the point you understand the difference between being prepared to protect your family and being fearful...Keep hope alive.

Dude,

Chill out. you are taking this waaay too seriously.

 

[brin]

Dude,

Chill out. you are taking this waaay too seriously.

Dude ???? I did not see any indication he was joking...

 

[MoKelly]

Wow. Good for the homeowner. I pray he recovers 100%.

MoKelly

 

[kidr]

I would hate living in fear. As I once read somewhere "WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES, it takes away today's PEACE."

Is it fear that makes you buy life insurance, or collision ins. or home owners? Does fear make you look both ways before crossing the street...or is it just common sense?

 

[Firemanbuck]

My $0.02 is that a completely random home invasion (ie no drug sales or domestic dispute involved) is so infinitesimally rare that it does not merit any consideration on my part. I live on 5 acres at the end of a long driveway. Outside of the Jehovah's Witnesses, I get no random strangers at my door. I would not be concerned about leaving my windows open and unlocked during the day while I am at work.

My (new) wife on the other hand, sleeps with a loaded Glock under the bed and has another stashed elsewhere in the house with a couple of baseball bats here and there as well. The first thing she does when she comes home from work is to lock the door behind her. She has a CCP and hits the range several times a month. I have no doubt she could handle herself in a situation.

The difference is I worry more about a head on with a drunk driver or getting hit by lightning than I do about getting broken into and robbed or killed - and I don't worry about either of those very much. It's a difference of opinion and a difference in how we view the world. I just don't think it's that scary a place.

 

[CobyRupert]

Sorry if I offended. I wasn't make fun of the quote. I like the quote and think it's a good outlook.
It's not fear, but usually the bank or the law that makes me gamble, err, buy insurance. I'd rather self-insure.
And yes, answering the door is a gamble too. Your chances of it being a home invasion are probably much much less than winning the lottery. I'll gamble FBI statistics will back me up on this.
Maybe I don't live in the same kind of neighborhood, or see the same media, or whatever causes the fear, but if I lived somewhere where I reach for a gun every time there's a knock on the door I'd think about moving.
Well, not going to worry about it. Peace.

 

[brin]

Firemanbuck, You obviously married up...you married a very smart woman...congratulations...One day she may just save your life...

Always be prepared....Always !

 

[LJH]

Kinda the same for us; lost tourists, Mormon missionaries and Jehovah's Witnesses. Oh, and every few years a census taker. I know the JWs and missionaries are benign, and it's a pretty safe bet the tourists are too scared of hearing banjo music to make any trouble. That said, the @#$% rattlesnakes have no respect so I'm almost always armed & dangerous around the homestead.

Several years ago a prisoner escaped from jail in the next county. He stole a car and headed south, wrecked the thing and took off on foot through the canyons in the middle of the night. He ended up breaking into a house a few miles from here, probably to steal whatever he could find. The old man who lived there woke up and beat the living crap out of him before calling the sheriff. :laughing:

 

[roadhunter]

Dude ???? I did not see any indication he was joking...

So you couldn't figure out what he meant so you thought you would tell him he needs to mature to a point so he can protect his family. Wow.

It's not worth getting worked up about or resorting to immature insults like that.

 

[brin]

So you couldn't figure out what he meant so you thought you would tell him he needs to mature to a point so he can protect his family. Wow.

It's not worth getting worked up about or resorting to immature insults like that.

Now you are sure right about that...nor your post...

 

[Firemanbuck]

Firemanbuck, You obviously married up...you married a very smart woman...congratulations...One day she may just save your life...

Always be prepared....Always !

I'm very prepared for things that have a remote chance of actually happening to me. It's the Eagle Scout training I guess. Packing a gun on the off chance someone will rob me or I'll stumble upon an armed shooter isn't one of them. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, power outages, ice storms, medical emergencies are all things I'm prepared for.

I married my match (except for age) in that she's intelligent, witty and physically active. The fact that she has guns is offset by her ability to be a smart, informed and well trained gun owner - a condition that is woefully lacking in most parts of America (present company excepted). A case in point lately is the group of yahoos walking into various fast food restaurants with weapons at the ready. Really, if they want to play with guns that badly they should enlist in the military - at the very least it would give them some training and might assuage the need to act like attention ******. I'm not against gun ownership. I am FOR responsible gun ownership, and when they elect me King, that might include restricting ownership for some and make purchasing a weapon a much more involved and invasive process than it is currently.

OK, rant mode is off.

 

[k0ua]

I would hate living in fear. As I once read somewhere "WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES, it takes away today's PEACE."

Who say's we are living in fear just because we go to the door armed?..

 

[Firemanbuck]

I know the JWs and missionaries are benign,

Not true!! A couple of them ran their car over my tulips this spring as they were leaving and didn't even stop to apologize!