Posted on 10/06/2004 12:48:54 AM PDT by Jaysun
Congrats on your control. Many would have just emptied the iron on 'em as soon as they walked in...JFK
Damn!
I know I shouldn't be laughing... but I can't stop!
Wow...Wow...
That's all I got.
Well, good job on staying calm throughout the ordeal. Or at least maintaining the appearance of calm.
You kept your cool in a tense situation and you should be applauded. Man, I hope that kid brought a change of underwear.
Weird about the house key. Glad you're okay and safe.
Your more steady than I. I am afraid that I would have shot then ask the question... the boy is lucky..I hope he didn't soil your entryway..
My choice is a S/W .45 double action revolver..what a nasty mess that would have made..
Nice work keeping your head and not capping the guy. My brother nearly shot his brother-in-law under similar circumstances (didn't know his b-in-law was coming to spend the night). It sounds like you did everything right.
I'm sure the adrenaline is going like crazy for you. Good luck getting to sleep.
WOW what a story! I started shaking just reading it! Glad your all ok!
Holy Smokes! Great job under pressure! I really feel for the "intruder"! Be grateful that you have this experience under your belt... (the adrenaline rush, the confrontation, etc... you handled it by the book!)
I am so thankful this ended the way it did!!
Being armed for self defense is an awesome responsibility and it sounds you you handled it properly.
Many years ago I was borrowing an apartment in Dallas from a friend of a friend for a few days while I looked for a new place for the school year, and one night after just a few beers I stuck the key into what I thought was the right apartment and was in the place about five minutes before I relaized that it was the wrong unit. Fortunately no one was home training a gun on me.
In that case the similarity of the locks was easily explained by the cheapness of the apartment construction.
I've had four armed encounters in civillian life, never having had to fire a shot. You did good in assesing the situation and deciding that the young man didn't need to be shot. The more confedence a person has in their abilities with a gun the more time they have to make that decision.
Sounds like a few situations I experienced when I owned my own business. I would often work late, sometimes until well after midnight. Strangely enough, some folks thought that 2 a.m. in the morning was a perfectly legitimate time to stop in and ask me questions about vcr repair. After seeing that the door was locked, they would bang on it for five minutes. I could never figure out why they were taken aback when I answered the door well armed. I asked one fellow, who didn't get it, how would he answer the door at two in the morning?
You did a good job of being sure of your target; another fine example of how those basic firearm safety rules save lives.
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