Posted on 07/01/2018 4:54:11 PM PDT by Moe-Patrick
Last night a man high on meth knocked on my front door. He was panicked and begging to come in because people were chasing him. I told him I was calling the police. He continued to try to get in for 3 min. Then he got into my truck and tried to hot wire it. Police showed up shortly thereafter. Police stated he was delusional and from another town.
I live in rural area that has zero crime or problems. I am sharing this because most leave their doors unlocked while they eat dinner or watch TV. And they don’t have their guns at arms length. This man would have walked right through the front door. So......lock your screen doors as well as your front doors. Understand that those on mind altering drugs are not rational or predictable creating a whole new realm of danger.
Thanks for posting. You never know. BE PREPARED! (especially at home)
Were you to live on the border you would have dumped illegals doing same thing. Often.
Need food. Water. Is this Phoenix? Hide me from la Migra.
It is my understanding that meth use causes a whole different level of psychosis.
I do not answer my door at all unless I already know you are coming in advance, and I look through the hole and see that it is, in fact, you.
And anyone who does knock at my door can hear the significant canine presence on that on the other side of their position.
Thanks for that reminder, and you are correct. I'm one of those guys who always thinks this way. I'm never more than 40 or so quick steps from a firearm. And I pretty much always have a knife on me. Good solid advice.
Good reminder and thanks.
We also live in the country and only lock our doors when we go to bed - often leave them unlocked when we are gone for awhile. Meth heads are everywhere. Sad. Worst problem we have in the US right now I think, drugs of all kinds - from prescription to illegal.
Thankfully I live in a safe area but having a dozen main floor windows makes me paranoid at times. Doors are alarmed, cameras around the property, but something can happen in seconds. A couple of weeks ago I had a woman banging on our door asking me to unlock the gates to our back yard so she could look for her lost cat. She seemed nice enough so I did. She came back 5 times over the next two weeks and I let her check. The last time she told me that a psychic had told her that her cat was still alive and hiding under someone’s deck. I stopped answering her calls. I’m not a cat person anyway ;-).
Glad it ended OK. Not to dox you but can you give us some idea where this happened, i.e urban or rural, red or blue state?
I’ve been wearing out the screendoor lock since a couple of hood-rats broke into a house a couple of doors away in the broadlight a couple of years ago.
Who wants to waste precious ammo?
“So......lock your screen doors as well as your front doors. Understand that those on mind altering drugs are not rational or predictable creating a whole new realm of danger.”
No shit.
Wanting open borders for the country and leaving your front door unlocked - about the same thing......
Oops sorry I see you said rural. My point was, this can happen anywhere.
Now you’re going to make me count steps when I finish my pizza. But yes, something like that. And Spyderco Delica in the pocket, now and typically. And there’s a kitchen knife about 15’ away that would get me convicted under high-capacity assault weapon laws in the UK.
IMO, unless your front door is a mile or more from the nearest road and you have warning systems in place, you should have a firearm on your person at all times even at home. YMMV......personal protection is NOT a hobby, it is a lifestyle. Live free or die isn’t just an expression.
Coyote treat. And they eat songbirds. I’m going to P.O. some people, but good riddance. Keep it in your house.
A former neighbor of mine had the following bumper sticker on his truck:
"LOST YOUR CAT?
TRY LOOKING UNDER MY TIRES."
You say you live in a rural area with zero crime or problems? You may want to think again. The meth problem has invaded middle America. I cannot speak for your location of course, but this is where a concentration of methamphetamines is taking root.
Thank God you stayed safe!
You can also remind your neighbors not to talk to strangers, as I’m reminding you.
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