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RJGold wrote:

C-dub wrote:

RJGold wrote:I'm still trying to figure out the "I think I'll run a few sprinkler zones at 0230" and "I was still in my nightie" angle...

As far as door locking, I'm pretty obsessive about it. It drives my wife crazy (especially when she's outside!!!).

This is a wierd story but a good reminder of some things to be cautious of...

Thanks for sharing it...

It sounds like they have a sprinkler system that runs when they are not home or normally asleep. She was restless and couldn't sleep and decided to run a couple of zones on the sprinklers to see if the brown spots in their yard weren't getting any coverage from the sprinklers. Nothing too unusual there.

Got that part... done it many times myself (although not at 0230)...

I've never done it in my night clothes...

I'm not judging, just makes the story a little strange to me...

In all seriousness, I think the number of times prowlers (or would be intruders) walk up to doors and try them is much higher than we know. I believe that locked doors are the first line of defense. Doesn't mean they'll stop all intruders but will certainly stop a number of them...

I think having an intruder in one's home is a little strange. However, the stranger part of this story to me is that once he was forced outside he forced his way back in.

I have a friend that once told me he kept a handgun next to his bed, but didn't keep a round in the chamber. His theory was that if there was an intruder and he heard the sound of him racking the slide it would be like a warning and might scare the intruder off. I told him then that my locked door was the last warning an intruder will get. I, too, am also obsessive about locking all doors and windows before going to bed.

RJGold wrote:I'm still trying to figure out the "I think I'll run a few sprinkler zones at 0230" and "I was still in my nightie" angle...

As far as door locking, I'm pretty obsessive about it. It drives my wife crazy (especially when she's outside!!!).

This is a wierd story but a good reminder of some things to be cautious of...

Thanks for sharing it...

It sounds like they have a sprinkler system that runs when they are not home or normally asleep. She was restless and couldn't sleep and decided to run a couple of zones on the sprinklers to see if the brown spots in their yard weren't getting any coverage from the sprinklers. Nothing too unusual there.

jimlongley wrote:"Motion "censored" lights"????

And the cops tell her that a gun wouldn't have made a difference because he was crazy? I think if he was on the floor full of holes it would not matter how crazy he was.

As far as hubby just standing there watching, we have no idea what he was doing, but the whole incident probably only lasted seconds so maybe he didn't really have time to be more reactive, or maybe he, like me, knows that when the bride is in berserker mode, you stay out of the way.

Before finding the intruder she had no reason to be carrying a gun at that time. Then after realizing there was an intruder and that he was between her and her boys retreating to her room to get a gun even if they had one might have given the intruder enough time to get to the kids. Mama bear went into attack mode!

If they had a gun and hubby came out with it is one of the scenarios we talk about around here every now and then. If you don't practice and aren't confident in your ability or even if you are, to take a shot under those circumstances that is a tough decision to make.