End a Home Invasion Before It Starts
- Thread starter Mike H.
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Retired Bum
Master Class
Here we use cactus!
Making it a royal pain to trim back, and a tough choice were there ever a fire or something...
The Night Rider
Hellcat
Cactus take over.
KillerFord1977
Emissary
unfortunate relevant news this week in regard to home invasion.
very sad and tragic. family was bound and murdered, including kids.
www.foxnews.com
very sad and tragic. family was bound and murdered, including kids.
Mom, pregnant teen and 12-year-old found bound and murdered as police hunt multiple suspects
Authorities say three people, including a pregnant 17-year-old and a nearly decapitated 12-year-old boy, were brutally killed in a Wilmer, Alabama home.
Lo-Profile
Custom
I would never put any signs about the homeowner being armed anywhere.
Have more than a few security monitoring and the OSHA approved big dawg signs though
Have more than a few security monitoring and the OSHA approved big dawg signs though
Model 457
Custom
I was the victim of a home invasion once. Halloween night. I never open the door to anyone for any reason anymore unless it is someone know to me. Unless I am in bed or the shower, I always have a sidearm on me. I learned a gun in the safe is absolutely no good whatsoever when an intruder walks in on you.
The Night Rider
Hellcat
There used to be a video on YouTube by Masaad Ayoob called "Don't Open That Door."
The whole point of the video was if somebody knocks on your door and you don't know who it is don't open the door for them.
Acknowledge them from behind the locked door and offer to call the police if they say it's an emergency but regardless don't open the door.
He cites an incident I think in Arizona in which two kids randomly knocked on somebody's door and when the people opened it they murdered both of them in some particularly horrific fashion.
I'm fairly certain I have told this story before, at my age I'm fairly certain I've told all my stories before.
When we lived in the house a guy knocked on our door at 9:00 or so at night and told us he was the paper carrier for The Denver Post and he was handing out free copies of the paper in order to get people interested in subscriptions. The problem was he had no paper in his hands and there was no vehicle in sight.
I communicated with him through a small window next to the door and I told him multiple times I don't want a paper, I'm not opening the door, go away.
I finally had to pick up the phone and dial the police to get him to leave.
I have no idea why the guy was there but whatever it was it was NOT to sell me a paper.
That incident taught me my lesson. If I don't know you, I don't open the door.
The whole point of the video was if somebody knocks on your door and you don't know who it is don't open the door for them.
Acknowledge them from behind the locked door and offer to call the police if they say it's an emergency but regardless don't open the door.
He cites an incident I think in Arizona in which two kids randomly knocked on somebody's door and when the people opened it they murdered both of them in some particularly horrific fashion.
I'm fairly certain I have told this story before, at my age I'm fairly certain I've told all my stories before.
When we lived in the house a guy knocked on our door at 9:00 or so at night and told us he was the paper carrier for The Denver Post and he was handing out free copies of the paper in order to get people interested in subscriptions. The problem was he had no paper in his hands and there was no vehicle in sight.
I communicated with him through a small window next to the door and I told him multiple times I don't want a paper, I'm not opening the door, go away.
I finally had to pick up the phone and dial the police to get him to leave.
I have no idea why the guy was there but whatever it was it was NOT to sell me a paper.
That incident taught me my lesson. If I don't know you, I don't open the door.