The goblins were breaching the doorway hoping to steal what they expected to be valuable antiques inside. They got the wrong address and when the ax came through the door, my friends used the best weapons they had available to repel the criminals...in their case a golf club and thrown hardcover books from the shelf.
The lockbox they currently have is the same model I use. It can be opened in under two seconds. I do a pattern of four buttons and it pops right open. Their best tactic (in hindsight) would have been to dial 9-1-1 and drop the phone and start yelling...but sometimes one doesn't think of that when they see an ax blade splintering their door.
~ Blue Jays ~
p.s. What is your standpoint on private firearms ownership?
Hard to say, for sure.
Shotgun behind the front door jamb. Handgun in each vehicle. Open gun rack with three rifles over the sofa. Handgun in the desk next to the 'puter. Handgun for wife's purse. Open gun rack with two rifles in bedroom. Handgun in drawer next to the bed.
Other long guns here & there around the ranch buildings.
ALL legal & legally obtained. All loaded. All accessable. None locked.
LOTS of ammo for each.
For most of those which use them, I have extra, loaded, magazines.
Reloading equipment & supplies for most of them.
:)