Buddy of mine texted this picture to me last night:
Apparently, around 1030p or so, there was a heavy knocking on the door. My buddy checks the door and sees some Indian guy (thats Indian with the casino, not Indian with the 7-11) swaying on his front porch. Thinking this is a bad time of night for someone to be banging on doors, he discreetly grabs his 10mm and holds it behind his leg as he yells through the locked door to ask the guy what he wants. Our mystery man says that his car is stuck and can he please come in and use the phone. My buddy is a retired cop and he’s not the type to give someone the benefit of the doubt at his expense. Stuck car or not, the answer is no. Guy on the porch starts copping an attitude, but finally wanders to his car which is nose down in the barrow pit. My buddy calls the sheriff and says there’s some guy with his car in the ditch, banging on his door, and this guy is either drunk or having a medical situation. Must have been a slow night because three fire trucks and seven deputies show up.
My buddy watches as two guys get out of the car, the cops start their little talk, and then abruptly they scoop up one of them and stuff him in the back of a car. Other guy gets a gentler treatment, but still gets bracelets and a back seat. Turns out door guy gets popped for aggravated DUI. What makes it aggravated? Blowing more than twice the limit. Guy number two had warrants for aggravated burglary and failure to appear. He’s not going anywhere any time soon.
My buddy did everything pretty well. He didn’t open the door and he armed himself. Where he lost points was in not having a gun in a more readily accessible place but, unfortunately, his wife doesn’t like having guns laying about.
I always keep a gun by the front door because you never know whats gonna come to your doorstep. As many people have said, nothing good happens after 11pm. Sometimes, though, trouble doesn’t look at the clock and it can happen anytime. Moral of the story: it never hurts to be cautious.
Doesn’t like guns laying about. Pure pottery posture to have in these times. Any folks in those hive hubs of populations should long ago have installed a stand alone robust steel exterior burglar bar door. Front or back doors are some sort of schizo attracting feature and most action funnels there. Yes, it sure would be a prudent homemaker to have so thoughtfully prepositioned ample spare guns throughout one’s dwelling for handiness purposes. The tempo of all the tomfoolery going on out there is getting quite spicy as of late. Plan accordingly so as to stay frosty.
instead of “casino or 7-11”, in Okla we differentiate as “Wagon burner or red-dot”
Lol
We also use the delineator “Dot Indian or Feather indian”
So no pull start. Push start?
Some really high-intensity bright (think 747 landing light and/or God’s Own Spotlight) light(s) on the front porch are never a bad idea either. And I’m a big fan of inside crossbars on entry doors. They prevent a lot of silliness.
Beating on the front door hereabouts with a cop knock, particularly when you’re not a cop, is a good way to be greeted with something in a caliber ending in -gauge.
Glad your buddy played it safe, and got a happy ending.
No one beating on your door after 11PM is bringing good things to you.
If I am awake and out of the bedroom, I am dressed. And dressed includes a firearm.
I also have ready-use cabinets near the front, and kitchen doors. They each contain an AR, a 12 gauge and a glock, and ammo for them.
No plate carrier with the guns?
I would include active earmuffs. (enough sets for all who might be a shooter OR spotter) And earplugs. Hey, you just might get time to install the plugs before donning the muffs! Shooting short barrel stuff indoors is hard on the ears, you know…
I keep my gun on me or within 3 steps, which allows for personal hygiene. It simplifies things.
Would also recommend cameras. Person I know has several cameras on their front door, from several different angles. No need to approach a door with unknown on the other side….
During the day I have a handgun of appropriate caliber on me at all times. In the night a Glock 19/ Surefire light adorns my immediately handy nightstand and a 12ga Tactical M3000 within 4 steps. Even though I live in a totally non urban crime area of a Milwaukee suburb one cannot be to cautious in these uncertain and tumultuous times. Better to have and not need than to need and not have.
I would have gotten a chain and pulled him out of the ditch, then given him and his buddy a ride home. The stern lecture would come the next morning, when he was sober. They would always remember me.
Your buddy will be remembered by them too.
The next morning it may be you someone is pulling out of the ditch.
Very altruistic.
However……..
The man who would go unarmed in Paradise had better be damned sure of where he is.
If they aren’t friends, or at least known personally, don’t take such a wild chance. People like that tend not to be safe to be around when drugged up in any fashion. “don’t go stupid places with stupid people at stupid times. You would be violating all three rules of stupid. That would be a major fail.
I cannot speak for anyone else, but for me, if I’m wearing pants, I’m armed. In the little gunnies/survivalist’s room, it’s s between my feet.
“Tag! You’re it!”
There is a Youtube channel called Doorbell News that shows a ton of videos where various miscreants are trying to open or kick in a door. Keep them locked and be ready with a firearm of choice. I have wrought iron barrier, then a security screen door, then a reinforced solid wood door. They still may get in but I’m going to be ready for them if they do.
Love the cameras and if someone shows up cold calling or whatever, I just don’t answer the door, they can leave a message or flyer, but my latest strategy is don’t engage unless you have to. My type A personality has finally gotten in check, but it took 65 years to not fight jerkwads at the drop of a hat, and sometimes they didn’t have to drop it.
This guy below is a former prosecutor and now a 2A lawyer says nearly 100% of his clients, rather justified or not, wished they just walked away and had not engaged rather than get caught up in the ‘system’ with a civil or criminal case.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD-t_x1g1PU
Make sure the camera system is controlled by YOU, not the camera vendor. Apparently there have been people that were busted by their own door bell camera system, since the cops can get easy access to it, especially since the company has the camera download all video to the cloud. YOU don’t control that kind of system, so…