Posted on 10/04/2019 5:22:15 AM PDT by marktwain
On August 12, 2019, at about 9:52 p.m., in Omaha, Nebraska, an apartment resident named Mark had some friends visiting him. He heard persistent knocking at the door. It got louder, so he looked out the peephole. Outside, he saw an unknown man at the door with another behind him who had a mask on.
He locked the door and went to get his rifle, a Ruger AR 556 (AR-15 clone). In the video, just as he returns, the door is kicked in with a rear spear type kick. As the home invader turns around, he sees the rifle pointed at him, and flees, all in less than two seconds, according to the camera clock.
John Correia, of Active Self Protection, does a running commentary on the lessons learned from this encounter, on one of his videos. John interviewed Mark, which is where we were able to obtain details such as police response, lack of media coverage, and Marks mental process. Mark and his friends were not engaged in any illegal activity, nor did they know or recognize the home invaders.
Several things stand out. The first is Mark used the peephole to discover something was wrong, rather than opening the door. That allowed him to lock the door as well as to retrieve his rifle. He had situational awareness. On the video, it took Mark 22 seconds to retrieve the rifle and return. Mark has some cover from the closet on the left of the screen.
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>> It got louder, so he looked out the peephole. Outside, he saw an unknown man at the door with another behind him who had a mask on. He locked the door and went to get his rifle
Is that lying in wait?
I shared this on the private WeLikeShooting Facebook page with the suggestion that Ruger use it for a commercial.
Looks staged to me.
“Is that lying in wait?”
Not a lawyer, but if the guy locked the door he was not lying in wait, but trying to prevent a forced entry. Had he simply retrieved his rifle and waited for the intruder to enter through a door he knew was unlocked, then perhaps they would have an issue.
I’m suspicious too. The deadbolt was latched but I didn’t see any damage to the door or frame after the door was kicked in.
Looks like Mark also had an unarmed roommate that was a bit too anxious to run in front of a muzzle to get a peek at the fleeing would-be home invaders.
Not in your own house. No duty to flee out the back door.
Another viewer says if you watch closely, you can see the latch plate fly off and a long splinter come off the door frame.
In Beto’s world, those knocking down the door would have badges and would be taking that rifle.
Active Self Protection - Great Site.
“And today we have this one out of Brazil.” ;o)
Agreed. He exercised due diligence and acted as any prudent person would in that situation. ( I watch a lot of Judge Judy...:p)
This is why the Democrats want "gun control": When they send their secret police for knock on the door at midnight to send you off to the gulag, they don't want you armed.
You could fire on the Democrats' KGB--and even the CNN cameramen--and escape to tell the story!
Yup, good point.
I had an issue lately. Daughter comes home scared. She had marks on her face and neck, BF had hit and choked her. Just then I hear banging on my door (it’s midnight). I open the door, accompanied by good old 1911. “Can I help you?” BF eyes got big and took off like an F-14 on full afterburner.
When police got there for a report they told me, “good job.”
Thinking the same
Most doors in this world are garbage. Episodes like this could be mitigated with strong doors and door frames.
John Correia reported the gentleman involved reinforced the door and put on better locks.
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