A woman at home with a daughter has the right to defend herself. The left doesn’t want her to defend herself. The left would rather see women die than defend themselves.
I NEVER answer the door to anyone I don’t know or expect.
The area between your door and whatever cover and/or concealment you can cover the door with is the fatal funnel. The closer to the door, the narrower the cone of engagement.
When you enter the fatal funnel, THEY control it. When they enter the fatal funnel, YOU control it.
You give up a huge tactical advantage when you answer the door.
Your not stupid,I had 2 men knock on the door and I had the screen locked and the one guy was not making any sense so I closed the door.As soon as it turned dark they came back.They could see me calling the police so they ran.Cop found them and got all their info and said they won’t be back.Yea sure-I was alone here so I got my husband’s shot gun and laid it on the couch.
We have a window to the right of the front door. I never open the door, I always open the window because it’s easy to slam shut.
BTW, if you have a double door, make sure both top and bottom locks on the left door are plenty secure. The wind blew open the doors the other day because the left door was loose from when we removed the Christmas tree.
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Same thing here: Hispanics walk up to a door, ring the bell, if no one answers they try kicking in the door. Locals call it a “Bash-n-Grab”. We also call it “Targets of Opportunity”. Several neighbors have been able to not answer the door but wait for the idiots to start bashing in the door and then draw guns on them. Been quiet ever since word got out that a bunch of crazy white guys are laying in wait to shoot invaders.
I don’t have any, but schutzhund-trained rotties are my favorite dog for protection and alert (alert is key).
Good specimens are very calm and relaxed when at rest, yet extremely territorial and extremely dominant (they can “afford to be calm”). There are videos of competitions online to give you a taste of the capabilities; I highly recommend viewing a competition, it’s really quite amazing.
I like them best cuz they’re far and away the most trainable to be responsive to master’s commands. When everything is right, they will always charge ahead towards any attacker on your command (most dogs will not reliably do this) - and will always release on your command.
An untrained / unresponsive dog is not nearly as useful against serious attackers; can be completely useless.
Rottie owners, however, must be leaders and mean business in order to have good control, i.e., never tolerate bad behavior. Then you’d have fantastic team member dogs that love your family and would give their lives to protect you without hesitation.
A while back an untrained, pushy german shepard was visiting a neighbor. Then... came nozing into the yard without being aware of my presence. I took the opportunity to teach it that it was in my territory by simple authoritarian “roust”, which sent the “big bad doggie” back with its tail between its legs. People think they have a dog that will strike fear, alert them, or be of some other use, but unless well trained it’s of little consequence for determined attackers. Many dogs don’t even come back to their masters when called.
No matter what type of dog, you and your doggies want to train as a team. They will love the opportunity to work for you. An armed, trained family with well-trained protection dogs could flush/kill/subdue a surprising number of attackers, IMHO.
Might I suggest you watching these, “First Person Defender,” videos made by Gun Talk’s Tom Gresham. They’re pretty good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exU8viinYzA&feature=share&list=PLscB-49EdZcuKOrDogPOGkeTde5OqGTT3