[fml]

--If my doorbell rings at 12:30 a.m. and I'm sleeping, you bet your arse I'm taking my gun to the front door, too.--


Me too. I've had an incident when the "bad guys" did knock on the doors. Scariest thing in my life, what the police later explained is that burgulars want no trouble and try to quietly slip in and out of your home. Offenders willing to do the worst don't always think ahead.

[BOBWADE]

I agree. That is why I don't think we should be slamming this guy. Shot in the back does makes this look bad but I cannot say what the homeowner thought he saw or what happened. Best to leave this one up to people with all of the facts.

[Tunehead54]

Me too. I've had an incident when the "bad guys" did knock on the doors. Scariest thing in my life, what the police later explained is that burgulars want no trouble and try to quietly slip in and out of your home. Offenders willing to do the worst don't always think ahead.

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Agreed. BTW this is the way most home invasions begin ... with a knock on the door. Once they're "in", your life, your women, everything is potentially at stake.

[southland]

I had anincident where convicted escaped murderers knocked on my door at about 8:30PM in November years ago.. I did did go outside but wished I had carried my .357 ... I was lucky I bluffed two of them them to think I did have a gun...

Now if the door bell rings I get my gun and wait for glass to break.. It really spookes me for glass to break in the middle of the night.....

I have empathy for the homeowner...