The door bell rings and..

[proudamerican831]

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[choiwonsuh]

Wernst, that's so true. You never want the house to look empty.

I agree with everyone saying you should have your gun but talk through the closed door.

BUT what the OP did is far better than opening the door empty handed.

[dfens]

It all depends usually I do option B or C.

Most of the time through the window I talk to the person but I still have my gun out of sight in case they kick the door down.

But you will get a persistent one that won't leave and you have to open the door to convince them to get lost.

You must be ever vigilant like if you see a bunch of people at your door I wouldn't open up at all no matter what if I don't know them. Still unless I'm expecting you or know you I have a loaded gun on me. In fact I started loading extra mags just in case it ever gets ugly and 2 or so is not enough.

Once a rapist tried to lie his way in to my mothers place, said he was from a charity and wouldn't go away. From the window she said leave she wasn't opening up, he still tried to make entry. So she got her Beretta 92FS and pointed it at him through the window and he bolted like no tomorrow. He was caught a few weeks down the road.

My friends say I'm paranoid but with all the kinds of weirdo's I've dealt with it's better safe than sorry.

Oh and never duck out of a summons. My relative tried that and it nearly cost them tens of thousands of dollars. Was being sued over a old debt that they were not responsible for and the other party new it. Was trying to win a default judgment for not appearing a automatic win for them.

I looked it up and found out what the case was about and after getting legal council the other party dropped the suit since they knew they couldn't win. A lot of people will do this in hopes you duck out and or not fight it. Or they try to convince you to settle/make payments when they know your legally not liable to.

So avoiding one only works if you have no job or assets. But if you ever start working they can garnish your wages. It pays to be on top of things, just because your being sued doesn't mean your going to lose.

[tortoisethunder]

Arm yourself. Turn on outside lights. Do not turn on inside lights. Don't open a window, blinds, door. The LESS they know the better for you. Do not say a thing especially if your a woman/kids home alone. If they persist tell them to leave or you will call the police. Stay on the phone with the police...tell the police you are armed.

[Gunaria]

Get a dog!

[Sam]

Open the trap door on the porch...

that leads to a pit of hungry dogs...or rattlesnakes...or lava...or all three...

[choiwonsuh]

I've always thought it'd be a good idea to be able to open a small hole on the front door like on armored trucks to be able to stick a gun barrel out.

[Eroland7]

release the hounds!

[MikeinnLA]

Option F (I think)......Stand at the door, rack the 870 loudly and ask what they want through the door.

[savs2k]

i'd just have my glock or 1911 with me and ask through the door what they wanted nicely. If they were banging on the door i'd ask "what the f you want?"

[ZRX61]

Tell him you already gave at the office and you've got to get back to feeding your Rottweilers. Better yet let the Rotts answer the door for you.

I used to answer the door with this at my side:


..invariably I would find people standing there who stuttered a lot & couldn't string 2 sylables together for some reason.....

[FMJBT]

Just dump a full mag through the door without looking, or warning, then go back to playing COD4 on the computer.

[nick]

C. I grab my xD9 instead of a 1911.

And you're a bunch of paranoiacs

[dixieD]

C, not open the door, is what I do.

[dixieD]

Change out the door bell so that it sounds like the racking of 870