An Unwelcome Intruder

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akivory

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Sunday afternoon a guy walked into our house uninvited. We do not lock our doors during the day when we are home. We are foster parents and have six adopted children in our home and twenty grandchildren. There is a lot of coming and going. My wife asked him who he was looking for. He said he did not know. We were told later he was on heroin and he had stolen a car a few streets over. When my wife approached him he stuck his hand in his coat. She told him the person he was looking for lives next door and pushed him out the door. The police later said he had a knife in his coat. He is now in a psych lock up.
My daughters friend knows his family and asked him why he went into those peoples house. He told her the voices told him to go kill the little girl that lives there.
I have always kept my guns locked up. I will be installing a pistol safe.
 
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Scary times we live in. Glad to hear no one in your home was harmed.
Put as many rings of security around you and yours as you can. This gives you the opportunity to have a straight forward blunt talk with those who you love.

Not sure if you are interested in pistol safe recommendations but I have been using a http://www.fas1safe.com/home.html and it is the best combo of solid construction, security, mechanical lock, and ease of use I have found.
 
Wow! That's way too close for comfort. I don't blame you for making your guns easier to access. It's story's like this that make me wish it was easier for Canadians to own a handgun.
 
I know some people conceal carry inside their homes even...because of situations like this. It could happen so fast, even an unlocked pistol in a night stand might be too far away. Could be a better option than a safe.

It’s always a tough line to walk, balancing kids in the house with gun safety. Hope you find a good and safe solution that works for you.
 
Glad to hear you and your family are safe. Stories like this are what irk me when anti gun activist decide you don't need a gun for protection. Seems like today that the crazed drug trade is acceptable but defense of one's self and family is not. You hear that District of Columbia?
 
My home growing up did not have locks. Until recently I did not lock my truck. We have lived in this house 26 years not had any trouble. We live in a good neighborhood.
The perp is in his early thirties and has a young family. His father is a doctor.I have enjoyed not worrying about my security. Something like this will probably never happen again but I am preparing in case it does.
 
Akivory doesn't show where he is from, but most state's foster agencies require firearms be locked up.
 
Even in non foster homes many states require firearms to be locked up if a minor is in the home and hold the parents responsible not only civil but criminally if a minor gets ahold of a firearm and commits a crime or even an accidental shooting occurs.

A pistol safe can be a better option but if you go that route be sure to train your wife in gun usage and safety for that case it happens when you are not home ... if your wife is willing to do that and comfortable with that. If not I would recommend at least she get practice with the use of pepper spray and carry it with her even at home ... and maybe more important make a plan and talk to the family as a whole about what to do ... where to go for safety such as a predetermined neighbors home ... and meet so you know everyones ok.

And I hope you and yours never have to deal with anything of this sort again.
 
I live in Fairbanks Alaska. We can carry concealed without a license. My wife likes guns especially pistols. I bought her a 380 for Christmas a couple of years ago. I have been adding our collection in the last year. We have not spent nearly enough time at the range. Looking at the odds I have preferred not to be worried about intruders. The odds have changed.
 
I understand that ... and have a friend in Fairbanks ... he has told me the drug problem there has gotten alot worse in recent years. Hopefully this is a one time thing that you never have to go through again. But glad you're prepared for the what if.

Hope you and yours have a Merry Christmas JJ
 
Wow, glad to hear that everything turned out ok.

I've had someone walk into my house like that before, but it was just some drunk girl looking for Cheetos and someone named "Bear Foot - Like barefoot, but the animal". As if the spelling made any difference.
 
I spent my childhood in New Orleans and it was always drilled into us as kids to be security concious. Moving to Toronto I was shocked to find that many Canadians do not lock their doors. Especially among the wealthy who could easily be targeted. I believe that those wealthy people live far from violence generally and so think it is only something that happens to “other people.”
 
A lot of the "unlocked dorr" mindset comes from the neighborhood environment. Neighborhoods everywhere are changing and NOT for the better.

Back in the early 70s, my family went on our first (and only) "family"" vacation.

When we went to leave, my mother asked my father if we should lock the house up. After a 10 minute discussion, they decided that we should.

45 minutes later, we still hadn't found a key for either the front or back door.

My father ended up locking both doors from the inside and the crawling out a window that was behind a shrub and pulled the window down closed.

2 weeks later, he reversed the process to get us back in.

3 years later, when they sold the house, we still hadn't found the keys. My dad changed out the back door knob so he had a key to give the new owner.

Now days, the only time the front door is unlocked is when someone is working in the front yard.
 
If you can't keep a firearm at hand, keep a taser or pepper spray near the front door or your favorite spot, but out of reach of the little ones.
 
I was talking to my wife and the entryway to my back. Before I knew what happened she got up and confronted him and pushed him out the door. This is not a situation I considered much less planned for. We will be more prepared but I am not going to live in fear or change my life.
 
We have alarms even on our screen doors that alerts us when one is open. I carry in my home and have a few biometric hand gun safes throughout the house. Things aren’t how they used to be.
 
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