Posted on 08/08/2014 3:08:45 PM PDT by marktwain
Numerous people have criticized homeowners for having a gun in their hand or on their person when answering a door. I have always maintained that it is only prudent to do so. Home security systems can be very useful, of course. A standoff barrier, such as my old friend, Tex Ferguson, the highly decorated combat vet and intelligence operative used, works very well, as do surveillance cameras. Not everyone has such a system in place, or working, all the time. In any case, surveillance and standoff systems work best when backed up by armed force. I have reported numerous cases where armed homeowners prevailed against criminal attackers; and even a few cases where armed homeowners prevailed in court against police invaders. There are even a couple of rare cases where police officers have shot and killed homeowners, simply because the homeowner was armed.
The following incident resulted in the death of a criminal home invader. From the pottsmerc.com:
The incident occurred around 1:27 a.m. July 28, when Daryl Marquis Evans, 22, knocked on the door of the home and displayed a handgun when the front door was opened by a 29-year-old resident, according to the press release. Police later determined Evans was carrying a Taurus PT 911 9mm handgun. The resident was also armed, with a .40-caliber Smith and Wesson in his waistband, which he brought with him to answer the door due to the late hour, the district attorney’s office said.The homeowner made the evaluation that defense instructors suggest. "Does this attacker intend to kill or severely injure me, even if I comply?"
“Based on Evans’ appearance and actions, the resident feared that Evans was going to kill him. The resident pulled his .40 caliber, Smith & Wesson semi-automatic handgun from beneath his shirt and fired (6) shots striking Evans in the chest, pelvis and the leg,” the press release states.Action beats reaction. Evans already had a long criminal history at age 22. One has to wonder how many crimes the homeowner prevented by acting to preserve his own life.
That was a wild stretch tex...
BTW tex ya don’t need a contact with Acme home security swindlers to do that, or have cameras etc....Anyone can set that up for cheap...
absolute DUTY to God to preserve life from the murderous instincts of evil men...
Luke 22:36 again...
YOUR car? Looks like a dog had a craving for some fiberglass.
Roger that, my good brother...
You'd piddle on my porch if I opened the door with lambchop and chucko greeting you...You'd be the new doggy toy if they wanted.
You're being swindled by cons with contracts...
Can your A-D-Doo alarm alert you to someone walking at 3 a.m. 200+ feet prior to the reaching the property line while you're snoozing? No it can't.
Can your acme alarm smell and alert you to a wild fire 2 miles away at 230 a.m.? No it won't.
Can your acme alarm sense danger or bad intentions before you'd ever see it or sense it? No it can't.
Can your acme alarm run into the dark on it's own and pin some spook, you never saw or heard, hiding on your property while alerting you? No it can't.
Dogs are an absolute must for home security. It's why special forces, military and cops etc., use them.
BTW, my dogs are many times more trustworthy than your neighbors and your own friends and are probably are better behaved with better manners. I know this because I know people well.
Ya they drink filtered water, salmon table scraps and home made oven baked milk bones...Best friends ever. Worth every single penny too. There is no better sensors or security for the home other than staying awake all night with a riot gun strapped to your back in addition to perimeter LPs.
My security system never does this!
Eats the fender of your car? You twisted into knots for that one...
Besides seeming a bit deranged tex...You're very evasive.
Good luck with your Acme home security contract!
Once was one time too many.
Good luck tex...And don’t let any dogs chew on your fenders.
Ha!!
Terrible Boating Accidents have afflicted so many formerly gun owning FReepers that I now use the acronym, “TBA.” It saves so much typing time.
“My commercial security system is cheaper than feeding a dog and it doesn’t piddle on the rug.”
My dog barks and bites...
“My dog barks and bites...”
But does it also piddle on the rug?
“But does it also piddle on the rug?”
Of course not....
But no alarm system does more than bark. My dog barks, bites, is a fierce deterrent at the door and in the yard and goes where he is needed.
He does eat. Twice he’s protected the family when someone got too close to one of us with bad intent. They will never think the same way about big black dogs again.
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