[Hot Tabasco]

that's when I shot the door.

My first reaction was that wasn't very smart since now he's got to fix the door. But after I gave it more thought I decided it was better than allowing the guy to enter the house THEN shooting him since a dead body is very heavy to drag and blood is hard to get out of the carpeting........

[Farmer Dean]

First hold the perp at gunpoint,then order him to step onto the blue plastic tarp.

[Albion Wilde]

My first reaction was that wasn't very smart since now he's got to fix the door.

I recently used wood putty on a hole in an insulated steel door and sanded it level before repainting. Worked great! Whereas, as you say, carpet stains just never come out completely.