Posted on 02/04/2015 9:08:38 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine
Rule number one for any child: Never talk to strangers.
But an 11-year-old Lapeer County, Michigan, girl went above and beyond the call of duty, and her heroic actions may have saved her from harm during a home invasion last week by two hardened criminals.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
Like you, I have 911 on speed dial.
I’m so glad I don’t have any more guns. Just looking at the metallic glint of a 45acp made me lower my pants, loot, carjack and commit thuggery!
I truly doubt that the typical family that has a shotgun keeps it in a safe.
Mom: Now darling, go to the den and get the shotgun. The combination is right to 9, left to 1, right to 8 and left to 2.
Got that? Now the key to the trigger lock is in our bedroom upstairs. Its on the big key ring in the nightstand near the bathroom. Honey? Honey, are you there? Hello!!! Hello!!!
In an apartment, if you really want firearm protection only, then a short barrel shotgun is your best defense weapon. Mossberg comes to mind and in the distance you're talking about, the caliber doesn't matter......
Also, should I purchase some kind of illumination device for the weapon? A mounted flash light?
Absolutely not! If you hear someone breaking into your apartment thru the doorway, it's likely the apartment is dark and you are in bed. Once the apartment door is open, the intruder will be fully visible via the outside lighting while you will be hidden in the dark. Any flashlight you may foolishly use will do nothing but reveal your presence..........
Having lived in an apartment outside of Detroit for almost 23 years and witnessed the steady decline in the area as well as the complex, I had to put up with a lot of weird stuff that went down there.
My additional advice to you would be to install a chain lock on the inside of the door that allows you to control who enters your apartment. I had an incident (well, one of many) that happened while I lived there. Late at night while in bed, I heard a knocking on my door.
When I answered it, it was the maintenance guy saying that he was responding to a power outage in my building and asked if he could come in and check out my electrical outlets. Being half asleep, I said ok, then he asked if I had an electric razor or something to check the outlets........Knowing what I know now, had I not been home, he was going to rob my place.
Subsequent to that incident, I found out that upstairs neighbors had someone come into their apartment in the middle of the night and stole her purse..........The maintenance guy who had their key.
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