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To: stansblugrassgrl

Why don’t they ever just go out the back door while the intruder is kicking down the front?


6 posted on 01/14/2011 10:53:41 PM PST by sinanju
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"Why don’t they ever just go out the back door while the intruder is kicking down the front?"

A good idea but not always possible. What if the intruder is not alone and someone is at the back door as well? Having a weapon and knowing how to use it is the best defense.

11 posted on 01/14/2011 11:04:25 PM PST by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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I can think of three reasons that the mother in this story may have rejected (if she ever thought of) the notion to flee out another escape.

First, there could be multiple intruders. It is not uncommon for criminals to work in pairs or larger groups.

Secondly, depending on the size and/or layout of the house, the intruder may hear the attempted escape and intercept and attack them while they attempt to flee.

Thirdly, frightened children can be unpredictable. Removing Frightened children from a known scenario (Child’s bedroom = safety to most children) to unknown scenario (Outside where the Bad Man could be) introduces new risks.

If an opportunity to escape out another exit arises, that is an opportunity that some people could probably do so with minimal danger to themselves and to their families. But for some other families, it may not be practical or feasible.

Just my thoughts.


15 posted on 01/14/2011 11:15:17 PM PST by Immerito (Reading Through the Bible in 90 Days)
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To: sinanju

Why don’t they ever just go out the back door while the intruder is kicking down the front?


Not all houses put a big space between the front and the back door .

I had something similar happen to me when my daughter was a couple months old . Hubby had got called in to work so we were both alone .

I hit the guy coming through my window with my baseball bat, multiple times. He took off after around 6 or 7 wacks to the head/shoulder.

I was armed but legally could not shoot until he was in the house . I wasn’t about to let him in with my child in the house.

Every woman should know how to use a gun , and every house should have more than one.


29 posted on 01/15/2011 12:39:58 AM PST by Lera
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To: sinanju
Why don’t they ever just go out the back door while the intruder is kicking down the front?

Why should they have to?

34 posted on 01/15/2011 2:15:30 AM PST by Quiller (When you're fighting to survive, there is no "try" -- there is only do, or do not.)
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sinanju, there was a case a few years ago in Phoenix where an intruder was breaking into a woman’s house. She was on the phone with 911. You could here the man pounding on the door while she was frantically pleading with 911. He broke it down and he killed her.

Too many women are victims because they have been taught to believe someone else will take care of them. They are not taught to think tactically. If that happened at my house, trust me. There would have been a completely different outcome.


56 posted on 01/15/2011 7:19:33 AM PST by stansblugrassgrl (PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE AMMUNITION!!! YEEEEEHAW!)
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To: sinanju
Why don’t they ever just go out the back door while the intruder is kicking down the front?

Sometimes running away isn't an option. She should have had a pump action 410.

60 posted on 01/15/2011 9:26:36 AM PST by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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