Stranger Danger

[MR2]

All valid points and I do not disagree (except maybe on the selling/moving part).

While you (and others) have made excellent points on why not to shoot - I still don't see how the homeowners were cowardly.

Thanks.

[Team Sergeant]

Originally Posted by MR2

All valid points and I do not disagree (except maybe on the selling/moving part).

While you (and others) have made excellent points on why not to shoot - I still don't see how the homeowners were cowardly.

Thanks.

Would you shoot into the dark? Or would you ID the threat first?

[MR2]

Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

Would you shoot into the dark? Or would you ID the threat first?

Would I ensure I KNEW where my wife was first, yes. Would I is not the same as will I nor should I. Circumstances dictate action. As for mindset - yes I would.

[Team Sergeant]

OK, this just happened to me last night! Two big morons came to my door at 22:12 last night and attempted to open the door with a key. Four seconds later they both heard, what I'm sure was very unsettling, a loud, "BACK AWAY FROM THE DOOR". What they didn't know was there was a .45 HK pointed at them through the door. Their reply, "SORRY, WE'RE LEAVING". As they were leaving I glanced out and saw their hands were empty. No one was killed and I went back to watching TV.

Locked doors save lives.

[Barbarian]

Locked doors save lives.

Their lives, in this case...


Did they have a key to your house???

[convallion]

I am not walking so well right now, so I would tell her to get me a glass of water and make me a sandwich.

[cat in the hat]

Originally Posted by PedOncoDoc

Not to get too off topic, but what about a woman who consents to sex while intoxicated and later claims rape because she does not recall the consensual nature of the act? Claims she was "taken advantage of" and "victimized" while in a vulnerable state.

I remember a guy in college was jailed in that situation.

the guy need only claim he was also drunk and unable to consent as well.

both can then "claim" rape or whatever. fair is fair (or it used to be)

[Team Sergeant]

Originally Posted by Barbarian

Their lives, in this case...


Did they have a key to your house???

They had a key that fit the lock but did not open the door. I now live in an apartment. My guess is they are new here and thought they were opening their own door.

Probably the second time in my life that I scrambled for a gun to meet a possible threat. Four seconds from couch to door is not bad..... Then again, I'm never far from a gun, especially in my own cave.