Posted on 07/09/2012 8:53:16 AM PDT by LibWhacker
Hi... Sorry to post this here but something strange just happened and I need some Freeper advice.
I was sitting at the computer about 7:15AM this morning reading FreeRepublic when the doorbell rang. Really? At 7:15AM? Most likely, it could only be one of two things. My friends and relatives wouldn't show up unannounced at that hour. It had to be those skinny religious dudes in white shirts and black ties, or... Our house was being cased!
From our master bedroom, I hear my wife asking, "Who is it?" Don't know, I tell her, pausing, straining to hear. Then the doorbell rings again, this time four or five times, rapidly, impatiently.
Okay, gotta see who it is now. I get up and approach the front door. Through the little frosted pane on the inner door I see a large, very dark shadow, looming, shifting from side to side, with the head almost pressed up against the outer security gate, trying to peer inside. Dammit, I'm an idiot for not grabbing my gun!
I open the door and there standing before me is this skinny black guy with dreadlocks, in his late teens. He's got on a dark stretchy psychedelic t-shirt and both of his arms are inside the shirt, out of view. But you can see they are moving around a lot inside the shirt, wrapped around his thin frame. Like he's simultaneously hugging himself and scratching himself all over at the same time. Holy crap, that's weird right there. I can't see his hands. Does he have a gun?
"Is JAZZmeen home?"
Jasmine? Do I look like I have a daughter named Jasmine? Or Shemika? Or Qwanisha? NO! Maybe Amber or Victoria. JAZZmeen ain't happening. Ridiculous even to ask, and he'd know that if he wasn't on drugs and stupid.
"No, you've got the wrong address."
He turns and goes. I go to the side window and look out. He's with another tall skinny black guy now. They don't stop at my neighbor's house, but walk to the corner, turn right and disappear from view.
Okay, what should I have done? The police say you should report suspicious activity. But what did I see? Some guy rang my doorbell at seven o'clock in the morning. Okay, maybe he was an itchy crack addict in dreadlocks. But so what?
OTOH, I KNOW we were being cased and by not reporting it I may have contributed to one of my neighbors getting ripped off, or worse.
So here I sit, with my 1911 locked and loaded one foot from my right hand, wondering... should you report something like that as being "suspicious?"
I did get a very good German Shepherd. I had to train him not to try to rescue me when I swim. LOL. He’s unbelievably smart for a dog.
Reminds me of the knock at the door I got at 10:30PM.
Seems a young latino man needing to come in “because some gang members were chasing him”. I offered to call the police, but he countered that I should let him in first, then, “we can call the police together”.
This back and forth went on for several minutes, until I told him the police were on their way. He of course high tailed off.
His pursuing gang members never appeared, but the police did some 30 minutes later. This despite us living less than a mile from the local station. Like they say, when seconds count.....
That you posted tells me your gut says it was suspicious. It's your home with your wife, I don't know your neighborhood but trust your gut.
Down thread comments have said it may well have been an incident of casing as happened with that TN freeper in college.
You could call the non-emergency number and report the true facts in case they've stopped at other homes as well and the cops may have reports of that and can adjust neighborhood patrols accordingly.
Don't embellish, just lay out the true facts.
I can't believe some have suggested shooting first and asking questions later. What kind of hell holes do they live in with their families? Good grief.
My mother used to tell of a time in her life, when doors could be left unlocked and strangers could stay overnight if they needed a place to sleep. She was speaking of a major metropolitan area too, before it was overrung by decades of failed Democrat policies.
What we have gained in technology we've conceded in humanity.
Great idea- NRA stickers. Also good idea to donate $10 to the police and get a donor sticker. And a BEWARE OF DOG sign, too, And a BIG collar and gnawed leg bone laying on the front porch
Next time, answer through the door, gun in hand.
I have spoken.
OHHHH I like that! I’ll have to remember that next time something like this happens to me.
“And a BEWARE OF DOG sign, too, And a BIG collar and gnawed leg bone laying on the front porch”
A couple years ago when I lived in the middle of no where, I had a beware of dog sign in the window on one side of the door and my huge dog crate on the other.
I just let my dog answer the door.
Another very good idea. Darn, definitely didn’t have my thinking cap on this morning!
Done here.
That is his SOP. All lunatic, all the time.
Last time I did that, it was a county Sheriff Deputy telling me someone had run over my mailbox. I "excused" myself by telling her that I needed to put pants on.
Had that happen to me once. Doorbell rang after 9:30 pm, middle of winter. I answered it with "friend" in hand, hidden behind the door. It was a neighbor's kid from the next cul de sac. He and his mom were driving around, handing out Christmas goodies. There I was, trying to stuff said "friend" in the back waistband of my jeans, while the kid is handing me a plate of cookies, hold the screen door for him, wave at his mom in the car, take the plate, and tell him thanks, all at the same time. Hubby was NO help. He was just doubled up on the sofa, laughing at me.
“Great idea- NRA stickers. Also good idea to donate $10 to the police and get a donor sticker. And a BEWARE OF DOG sign,”
Assuming the Amish can read.
“Great idea- NRA stickers. Also good idea to donate $10 to the police and get a donor sticker. And a BEWARE OF DOG sign,”
Assuming the Amish can read.
that is nice but the Hornady Zombie round might have been more appropriate
Stuartcr:
You are either an idiot, a jerk or senile. Just because you’re an old-timer doesn’t mean that none of those apply.
Home invasions, especially as our economy dodders along are becoming commonplace and have always been a serious concern.
You at no point made any indication that you were just “joshing” through several posts suggesting ways to just shoot someone knocking at your door and then how to lie to get away with it.
The Castle Doctrine and SYG defenses are important for those forced to shoot another in defense of their life.
To suggest methods to capitalize on these protections without even a slightly “humorous” presentation is unconscionable and a black eye to Free Republic.
Asshole. Of course, I don’t mean that because I finish with my trademark “smiley”. ;-)
“Great idea- NRA stickers. Also good idea to donate $10 to the police and get a donor sticker. And a BEWARE OF DOG sign,”
Assuming the Amish can read.
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I recently discovered I need a bilingual “Beware of Dog” sign. My neighbor’s moron Mexican gardener crawled up on the 6 foot wall to trim trees. Good thing I was fast thinking and saw the guy before the dog did. “Yes, my dog can reach you up there. Yes, he could pull you off. Yes, you would be severely mauled.”
Anything, coming out of Washington D.C. ......
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