why??? cause the people that know me walk in the back door and yell, if somebody knocks at the front door, it means i don't know them...I can see my driveway from where I’m sitting and with about 3 steps I can see anyone at my front door from behind.
I wouldn’t open the door at 1:30 am but when I open it at other times I inform the ‘salesman’ that in this neighborhood we go by the constable’s recommendation that one does not open the door to strangers but also indicate that someone is home so if someone opens the door they are most likely armed.
There’s a freeper who owns the door sentinel product. I highly recommend it. Turns your standard front door into a nearly kick proof one just by upgrading the hinges and screws. Buys you an extra couple minutes easily.
I look out the peephole and window.
why??? cause the people that know me walk in the back door and yell, if somebody knocks at the front door, it means i don't know them...It all works like a charm.
There is still room for stuffing a new phone book below the gate or tossing it over the top decorative part.
As the realtors always say: location, location, location.
Nobody can get to my front door unless I open the gate for them. It is so nice not having to shoo JW’s and sales “persons” away. There is a lot to be said for being a grouchy curmudgeon!
Throw your home commercial security systems in the trash, and cancel your contract. It’s one big con-job....Set up a few of your own cameras, and get a good dog....and whatever else ya need to do and there is lots which can be done.
If ya can’t do that, keep paying the bills to these home security swindlers.
Is this `Daryl Marquis Evans’ now just some rotting meat in a muddy hole in Potters’ Field? The story does not state.
Anyway, kudos to the armed resident. But, six shots & three hits - well....hope I can hold that steady when the time comes. Range time, range time.
My son is starting his junior year at the Air Force Academy. Juniors and seniors are allowed to have cars there. Since we live about an hour away, he frequently comes home when he can. I told him that if he comes home at night to make sure that he calls ahead. He said he would and knows why.
>> it would have been better not to have opened the door.
OK, let’s run with that: Count the number of other doors and windows in your house. How many of them could 22-y.o. Marquis (good Lord, where do they get these names?) easily kick in and then jump or push through?
If you were armed, could you cover all of them? In the middle of the night? How long does it take the chalk outline drawers to show up in your neighborhood?
We use a key-locked glass storm door outside our front door. Unknown night knocks = LED maglite in one hand, shootin’ iron in the other.
The better question is “Why wouldn’t you carry a gun when opening the door?”
Police advice in my area is to not open the door for anybody unless you positively know who they are in advance.
I live in the country and can see cars coming down the driveway. During the day, I walk out and meet them in the driveway with a holstered gun. By the way some of them acted, I could tell they were up to no good.
Friends and family know that they are supposed to call me before they “stop by.”
If anyone does make it to the door, I have other family members also armed and in hiding. We have trained.
But they must walk past the sign that says, “Trespassers will be shot. Survivors will be shot again.”
I like guns, but I also like knives, as being very complementary to guns. But the situational problem with a door greeting needs some thought, even brainstorming.
Off the top of my head, I can imagine three sets of variables here. First of all, day or night. Second is the invader planning to rush you or stand off with a gun. And third is are they alone, or do they have hidden confederates ready to invade once they are in.
Home security systems can be very useful, of course.
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They sure are good at scaring off all those white burglars that are terrorizing neighborhoods across the country. /s
As I am always carrying (even when home), I am always armed.