Bingo.
Most (not all - witness my very poor abnormal German Shepherd of all things) dogs will AT LEAST sound the alarm. (In fact, many crooks don’t like that - will leave rather than draw attention.) Get in the way of the scum, and buy a little time, if nothing else.
You’ll get alot of bravado on here and “I carry all the time; so should you” big-talk nonsense, but even so it’s just not practical. You have to have a good reason for carrying 100%.
OTOH, surely there was SOME weapon this woman could’ve found, especially when the bastard went back up 3x! Surely she had a knife or some large long thing to whack him with.
It isn’t just firearms, people. In my home are many possibilities not far away.
You’ll get alot of bravado on here and “I carry all the time; so should you” big-talk nonsense, but even so it’s just not practical. You have to have a good reason for carrying 100%.
I do, but I live in FL. I see you live in MD.
What does the "bravado," and "big talk," comment mean?
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In this case, I think it was fortunate she didn’t go for a knife. She was stunned and staggering and he was so much bigger than her; he probably would have taken it from her and used it on her and the children. She made a judgement call under terrible circumstances not to fight, not to scream, and she was right. She and her children lived.
That’s 20-20 hindsight though. God help her and her little girl heal from this.
I don’t sit around all day ‘packing’ but the dogs are with me 24/7, no exceptions.
Nothing escapes their notice.
Number one on the list of things criminals hate is a barking dog.
They want to break in well under 30 seconds and they don’t want to be seen or heard doing so.
A good dog ruins that.
I’ve just upped on my odds, is all.
Lights, cameras, signs, dogs, guns.
We’ve had people comment that this place is not so much a home as a fortress.
Good.
:)