“He wished he’d never opened the door just after four in the morning Sunday, to a man pounding and demanding money.”
I wouldn’t want my identity revealed either. People might realize how stupid I was.
“He wished he’d never opened the door ...”
So so true...constantly remind yourselves not to fall prey to instinctive, yet stupid actions. For example, a knock on the door and opening without looking, funny noises in back yard and going to look unarmed, having a concealed carry permit and not carrying around the home, yard etc.
It is so easy to be lulled into complacency or to be prodded into shutting the idiot up who is yelling in the front yard at you...you open the door to yell back and....oops.
Also if you do call the cops for a disturbance...don’t forget to keep your door closed behind you if they ask you to step out. They have no reason to enter your home assuming you didn’t let the bad guy in or he didn’t let himself in. When they ask to do a s ‘safety check’ or ‘look around to make sure everything is ok’ don’t fall for it. There is no reason for them to be in your home looking around. You don’t know the cops personal motives, career ambitions, or anything...You better know your rights and know how to assert them calmly and confidently...if not things can get messy and next thing you know you are in the back of a cop car too and your weapon has been confiscated etc etc.