[Servant of the 9]

I think this lady is getting a little bit of a bum rap- She was terrified by someone delivering cookies at 10:30 (at night) who did not reply when she asked who it was.

So far that seems reasonable behavior.

My 86 year old mother answers the door after dark with a .357 in her hand and you had best have a good reason to be there at that time of night, but afraid?

Being afraid or unequipped to answer the door that way is unreasonable and incompetent.

So9

[.38sw]

Being afraid or unequipped to answer the door that way is unreasonable and incompetent.

Yes, it is. If someone pounded on my door late at night, I'd have a .38, a .357 or a .45 in my hand, depending on my mood. I'd flip on the porch light and peer through the peep hole. I wouldn't start "firing away" as some on this thread have said that the "gun nuts" would do, I would see what the situation was.