Becareful when someone knocks on your door

[Barney Gumble]

I don't really think that it is only California where this "Guns first" mentality exists though.

Serious question for you: when someone breaks down my door, what should I try to defend myself with first, instead of a gun?

[Theseus]

I have struggled with the concept of carrying a holstered weapon inside my own home (Note: My wife and her elderly parents are also occupants) because it would be a little over the top for them.

Any more of this C*** and it will be a done deal.

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ColdSteel

You can use these if guns are a no-no. . . but one thing I have found is if your woman is a good woman she will get on board.

[Barney Gumble]

It's almost funny that people think a knife is "safer" for self-defense.

[Theseus]

It's almost funny that people think a knife is "safer" for self-defense.

Please don't take my suggestion to suggest that.

[Barney Gumble]

Please don't take my suggestion to suggest that.

Roger that.

[yelohamr]

I have one of the LaGana Viet Nam tomahawks. Not a replica, I bought it mail order when I was in Viet Nam. Magnet mounted to my bed frame.

[POLICESTATE]

It just came to me, before you use your gun use a KATANA!

[Scratch705]

That's insane. To point a loaded gun at another human being in that circumstance is just.......wow.

how so? for me it is called being prepared.

ETA: I didn't see Scratch's post at first, I am officially not condoning what what posted there. That is breaking more than one of the Four Rules.

what rule? don't point the gun at something you aren't willing to shoot? well, unknown persons at the door, without knowing their intentions, i'm willing to shoot.

since a few think i'm crazy already, maybe i need to explain why. on my street there is a known felon living here. just 2 years back, 7 squad cars surrounded his house, and blocked off the entire street in a gun standoff with him. he was taken away but the house wasn't sold so most likely it is still occupied by either his spouse or friends. then 1 block over, there was or maybe still is two drug dealers that shot a a realtor through their door that was going door to door at 8pm trying to promote himself b/c they thought he was a rival dealer.

maybe i should have clarified that i don't do the locked and loaded to every person at the door. only questionable ones(more than 2 adult males), and especially once it starts to get dark. and no finger is not on the trigger, and weapon is still on safe (in case i have to make it clear too)

i take the more prepared side of this b/c before we moved to this house, back in monterey park, my parents and me (7 years old) were robbed at gunpoint just outside of our apartment as we were carrying in groceries. and then before moving to ca, my dad was robbed at gunpoint walking to work in queens, ny.

getting robbed at gunpoint is apparently a trend in my family.... so i don't plan to let it continue with me

[Henry47]

how so? for me it is called being prepared.



what rule? don't point the gun at something you aren't willing to shoot? well, unknown persons at the door, without knowing their intentions, i'm willing to shoot.

since a few think i'm crazy already, maybe i need to explain why. on my street there is a known felon living here. just 2 years back, 7 squad cars surrounded his house, and blocked off the entire street in a gun standoff with him. he was taken away but the house wasn't sold so most likely it is still occupied by either his spouse or friends. then 1 block over, there was or maybe still is two drug dealers that shot a a realtor through their door that was going door to door at 8pm trying to promote himself b/c they thought he was a rival dealer.

maybe i should have clarified that i don't do the locked and loaded to every person at the door. only questionable ones(more than 2 adult males), and especially once it starts to get dark. and no finger is not on the trigger, and weapon is still on safe (in case i have to make it clear too)

i take the more prepared side of this b/c before we moved to this house, back in monterey park, my parents and me (7 years old) were robbed at gunpoint just outside of our apartment as we were carrying in groceries. and then before moving to ca, my dad was robbed at gunpoint walking to work in queens, ny.

getting robbed at gunpoint is apparently a trend in my family.... so i don't plan to let it continue with me

there's being prepared, and there's being paranoid.

being prepared is having lots of water available in store in case of an earthquake.

being paranoid is aiming a loaded gun at strangers when your life is in no way in danger.

[Hayashi Killian]

More importantly, don't hire day laborers. At least one of the suspects had worked at the victims home several times, so the couple may have recognized them.

I have 4 different neighbors who were robbed soon after either hiring day laborers or using a contractor who admitted to using day laborers. In one case they knew the homeowners were going out of town for the weekend and left a window unlocked. They were cought a few days later in the stolen Lexus and identified by the homeowners.

Better yet, hire them but DON'T let any of them in unless absolutely necessary. Have to take a piss? Too bad, either hold it or go in the bushes.

Cover your peeper though.

Yowza. I did not know this existed.

I had an issue a few weeks ago where I thought I was about to be robbed. As my new place doesn't have a doorbell, the guy knocked on the door. As I work a graveyard shift, this was around 6PM and he woke me up. I answered "be there in a sec" and got up to throw something on, as I like to avoid starting my day by flashing someone at my door. As I'm dressing the guy knocks again, almost pounding on my door, and this gets my attention. I shout back "just a second!" in a very authoritative voice, grabbing my Mossberg and setting it next to the door (opposite of where it opens, so whoever's there can't see it). I answer the door slowly, making sure to cover the entrance and step forward, looking at them. It's a kid selling newspaper subscriptions. He hands me one, I tell him not interested, he says to keep that one and goes off.

[Barney Gumble]

I had an issue a few weeks ago where I thought I was about to be robbed. As my new place doesn't have a doorbell, the guy knocked on the door. As I work a graveyard shift, this was around 6PM and he woke me up. I answered "be there in a sec" and got up to throw something on, as I like to avoid starting my day by flashing someone at my door. As I'm dressing the guy knocks again, almost pounding on my door, and this gets my attention. I shout back "just a second!" in a very authoritative voice, grabbing my Mossberg and setting it next to the door (opposite of where it opens, so whoever's there can't see it). I answer the door slowly, making sure to cover the entrance and step forward, looking at them. It's a kid selling newspaper subscriptions. He hands me one, I tell him not interested, he says to keep that one and goes off.

Some constructive feedback (not criticism)... Unless you have a separate security door I wouldn't open the door at all. Just talk to them from inside. Once you open the door it's pretty easy for someone to force their way in or use a weapon on you, even something as simple as mace or pepper spray to blind you. Plus a shotgun is a terrible choice when opening your door because it's hard to bring to bear in close quarters and easy for the other guy to grab the muzzle.

[joepamjohn]

what rule? don't point the gun at something you aren't willing to shoot? well, unknown persons at the door, without knowing their intentions, i'm willing to shoot.

Unreal

[joepamjohn]

Serious question for you: when someone breaks down my door, what should I try to defend myself with first, instead of a gun?

You probably have a better chance of a plane crashing into your house, are you prepared for that too?

[Barney Gumble]

You probably have a better chance of a plane crashing into your house, are you prepared for that too?

No (there's only so much I can control), but I do wear my seatbelt in the car and I don't use an umbrella on the golf course when there's lightning.

Why don't you answer my question? At this point I suspect you're just talking out of your rear end and you really know next to nothing about self defense.

[The Director]

how so? for me it is called being prepared.
what rule? don't point the gun at something you aren't willing to shoot? well, unknown persons at the door, without knowing their intentions, i'm willing to shoot.

Your own semantics are the reason you don't comprehend the rule....the rule is to never point a gun at any thing you aren't ready to destroy.
Not "willing" to destroy. READY to destroy!

And you aren't ready to destroy the person whom you're pointing the gun at, are you?...you are waiting to see what they do. That's not ready. That's waiting.

Your bad gun habits will eventually catch up with you. You could have the gun at a low ready and be just as prepared for the threat while having almost none of the potentially disastrous consequences.