It's midnight, you're suddenly awaken, somebody is banging on your door, and you hear noises. In 2023, what sane person would go to their door unarmed?
“It’s midnight, you’re suddenly awaken, somebody is banging on your door, and you hear noises”
I’ve had the police knock on my door at 1:00 am while I was sleeping upstairs. I woke up, came downstairs and looked through the peephole. I saw it was the police and I asked what they wanted. They said they had a noise complaint. I laughed and told them the only noise I heard was them. They said it was from 5 hours ago and wasn’t a priority, and they wished me a good night and left without shooting me. Of course, I didn’t fling the door open and point a gun at them, so there’s that...
Not to belittle the poor victimized homeowner here, but it’s amazing how many people are stupid enough to go answer the door in the middle of the night. This isn’t 1975 any more, we don’t have to go answer the door in person; answering the door in person is a great way for someone to shoot through the door while you’re looking through the peephole or advertising your location by speaking through the door.
Me, I’m sitting back in my bedroom, defensive shotgun ready to go and using *my phone-operated external camera system with two way audio* to address whoever is out there. People outside the house have no idea where I am or if I’m even at home. They won’t be able to shoot through the front door and hit me because I’m not there. I won’t have opened the door and thus given anyone with ill intent (badge or not) the opportunity to do me harm or barge inside.
Camera systems are cheap and easy to use. I’m not going to deliver myself to someone violently banging on my door just to see what’s going on.