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Well that was freaky. I got a chance to exercise my Glock this morning....

This thread reminds me of a story I heard from a customer at my job. He was at home in the evening and was in the bathroom. he hears a knock at the door and goes to see who it is. nobody is there. he goes inside, locks the door and grabs his 357. he gets in the shower and leaves the revolver on the bathroom counter. a few minutes later he hears a loud crash. he grabs his gun and runs buck naked into the hallway to come face to face with two guys in his house. he said he fired one round into the first guys shoulder and they both took off. the cops came and followed the blood trail into the woods where they arrested the guys. I always get a chuck picturing a buck naked dude jumping into a hallway firing a revolver....
 
I would have been in my birthday suit if I heard a crash, but since it was the doorbell, I put on some jeans and headed down.

Keep in mind this all happened at around 3:45 am, and I had called the Sheriff by 3:55am, and I went to bed around 5am, and never saw a LEO drive by my home.

I don't blame the good officers, they are limited by funding and political turmoil, but that reinforces the need for a citizen to be able to protect themselves.

Thank you all for the replies, muchly appreciated!

best

mqqn
 
Crazy stuff. I'm glad it came to nothing and I'm really glad if it had been something you were prepared.
Being on the road all the time, things like this scare the hell out of me. There's just nothing I can do if it happens at home.
 
mykel m said:
Wow is right Andy.I'm glad you were there & Maggie wasn't alone.
But that begs the question..does she know how to handle the Glock or even better,a shotgun,should a similar situation arise in the future & you are not home?Or you are home & she can back you up?
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Hi Mykel -

Yes, I have had Maggie to the range many times, she shoots and knows how to handle all of my pieces, she is only a little intimidated by my .500 Magnum and the 1911's - not sure why on that last one.

I am training to become an NRA Instructor, but I am far from any kind of expert. I just want to be able to train my family with an emphasis on safety and self preservation.

best

mqqn
 
I had a very similar incident about 2-1/2 years ago, and the subdivision my wife and I are in was pretty sparse at the time, there weren't even street lights back then. My response was somewhat similar to yours. I put on the outside light leaving the inside lights off, and cracked the door with my foot jammed against it with my PPK held close to my side pointed at the unknown. This was at about 2am...he was looking to see if I had any gas...I said to him" towns about 5 miles that way, best you get walking! He never knew I had a weapon at the ready, but he immediately left and said " thank your sir!"...I didn't sleep much the rest of that night. A split second can change your life forever...many times I have played out in my head what could have happened, and what could happen from my choice of being and armed citizen...
 
I am glad to hear that it ended well. It proves again that no matter how prepared you think you are for a particular scenario, the reality of the situation will surprise you every time. Your mind needs time to process what is happening, often you do not have it and you can get distracted very easily.

In a possible home invasion type scenario the most important thing to survive intact is to have a plan and to stick to it as much as possible. Everyone in the house must know what to do and even if it seems like overkill you must go through the protocol every time.

A home invasion is a fluid and very violent situation, is hard enough to survive when you have a plan........without one your chances are drastically reduced.
 
Back about 8 years ago, when I was still working, my friend who just passed away was the victim of a home invasion, (turned out one of his sons owed somebody money), and he and his wife were both beaten with a baseball bat. He was one of those guys who had little use for guns or shooting, after it happened he asked if he could go to the range with me and try some of the rental guns. He ended up buying a Taurus .38, and practicing a lot.
 
Glad to hear you made it through OK...

I think you should have ansered the door in your birthday suit holding the DBH...I know I would high-tail it the "F" outta there if I was that guy! :)

I had an incident like this when we lived in Plainfield...we were the 3rd house on the Cul de Sac, much of the development was still not built out...it was during the day, I was home alone (Saturday). Heard a knock at the door and a rather scruffy looking guy was standing at the bottom of my steps holding a dirty piece of carpet and a spray bottle. He wanted to show me his "wonder cleaner"...something did not feel right at all...he insisted that I come outside so he could do his demonstration, I instead insisted that he get off my property immediately before I called my neighbor who was a Sheriff's Deputy. I shut the door, went to the bedroom and dropped the .38 into my back pocket. Went around the house to do a security check and see if I could spot this guy. He literally disappeared.

I've found that you get that "something isn't right feeling" because something isn't right.
 
Damn, that’s freaky. Glad everything turned out ok.

In thinking through the situation and how I would have responded, I would have spoken through the door, but might have had the weapon plainly visible. Granted, in my home, there wouldn’t be any way for a second individual to sneak up on me/around, without setting off another alarm and getting visited by two large dogs.

What are the thoughts behind not showing a weapon? I’d just like to get some feedback.
 
Andy - bummer you had to go through this, but it sounds to me you made "right enough" decisions for the situation.
you were aware, you were prepared, and if the other guy was casing your neighborhood, I'm betting there a big "avoid this one" on his mental map.

Ardennes -- showing the weapon before there is an actual threat made can get you charged with assault. It can also provide the other guy with an opportunity to counteract it or give him an "excuse" to escalate.
 
A method of home invasion that is getting more popular these days is to have 1 person go to the door (male or female, usually with a urgent matter or a benign question like where is the nearest town) to get the homeowner to open it. Once it's open, the accomplices who've been hiding bum rush the door and bad things ensue. Definitely NEVER open the door to anyone you don't know, EVER!

Glad you and the fam are ok, thats the most important part of this story. Now you have me thinking about my own home invasion plan!
 
mqqn said:
Hi Mykel -

Yes, I have had Maggie to the range many times, she shoots and knows how to handle all of my pieces, she is only a little intimidated by my .500 Magnum and the 1911's - not sure why on that last one.

I am training to become an NRA Instructor, but I am far from any kind of expert. I just want to be able to train my family with an emphasis on safety and self preservation.

best

mqqn
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:thumbup:Good deal Andy.
 
pmbspyder said:
A method of home invasion that is getting more popular these days is to have 1 person go to the door (male or female, usually with a urgent matter or a benign question like where is the nearest town) to get the homeowner to open it. Once it's open, the accomplices who've been hiding bum rush the door and bad things ensue. Definitely NEVER open the door to anyone you don't know, EVER!

Glad you and the fam are ok, thats the most important part of this story. Now you have me thinking about my own home invasion plan!
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The possibity of multiple perps is why I like a shotgun for home defense.(loaded with #4 shot)
 
Ringing doorbells at 4AM. Not smart. I do not think anyone is that stupid. My guess is he was checking for no responses.

Glad you were prepared. Not sure if would have even answered the doorbell at 4AM.
 
Glad that ended well, without escalating any further.
Kinda emphasizes the point that training and planning needs to happen before hand.
Thanks for sharing.
 
Thank you mqqn for acknowledging the man at your door!

Rang a door bell once at a rural home, it was around midnight, I could see and hear that the TV inside was on & when I rung the bell, some lights went on, others went off, in response to my ringing. After 2 to 3 minutes and no reply I began knocking loudly. after waitiing for a few more moments and no one came to door or responded in any way, I started to verbally and loudly plead my case, you see, I was there in response to having discovered a very seriously injured, bloody and wet man who had slid his car upside down and into a creek, he had pulled himself out of the mostly submerged car through a broken side window and was sitting up leaning against a fence post when the headlight from my motorcycle revealed him to me. I eventually began screaming an abbreviated version of this to the people or person In the house begging them to call the police and request an ambulance. the residents never responded and I rode my bike down to the next rural home where the folks were Christian and helpful, answered my pleas and phoned the emergency crews. I returned to the injured man ( a bloody mess and loosing more blood rapidly thru numerous places, and waited for the ambulance. When the county police arrived, they were actually responding to 2 calls, one was for a report of traffic accident with injury's (this one, reported by house #2) and the other call was for a hopped up lunatic screaming in the front of a house, (me at house #1). I was 18 then, I'm 57 now and ever since, I never blow off or ignore those that are in need of help no matter the time of day. I lived for 15 years on a busy rural blacktop road where my house was the only visible lighted building for about 2 mile stretch if that road, in that time I had been approached at all times of day or night at least once a year by strangers, some scruffy, some yuppy, some white and some not. In no case did I turn away any of these people, usually they just needed gasoline, sometimes just to make a phone call to help with a broken down vehicle and yes, a few times well after dark, they were just LOST. Typically, if in the wee hours the door bell was rung, yes, I would answer while armed (visibly) but that experience when I was 18, of the folks who would not answer the door, always prompted me to try to help.
Caution is always prudent no doubt,
(maybe the folks that would not answer the door many years before had no gun to help them confront there fear.)
Oh, yeah...the injured guy... I went to the hospital to check on him and give him his wallet that I found on the ground after I watched the wrecker pull that car from the creek, he survived, and I met his wife and two little girls.
 
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