+1 ... never say "never".nitrogen wrote:I'll never say, "I'd NEVER shoot through my door" but in most cases I can say I would not shoot through a door.
But even if I knew exactly who it was, knew they wanted to kill me, and knew they were capable of doing so, I'd have to know the door was in immediate danger of giving way.
True story, relayed to me by my father. When he was 4 or 5, they were living in a bad part of a bad town. My grandather was working 3rd trick as a railroad operator, which left Dad and my grandmother home alone. One night after midnight someone started banging on the front door. Grandma yelled at them to go away. The pounding increased, along with cursing and threats. Grandma told him she had a gun and would shoot. The cursing and threats escalated, with a promise to do all sorts of vile things as soon as he kicked the door down. Dad was awake by this time, and saw his mother level a .38 at the door and fire one shot.
Grandmother being a tall woman, and our miscreant being short, was all that saved him. They never found out who he was, but he left his hat behind. Bullet hole and all.