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CodeJockey wrote: Well, no I'm a programmer by trade, so that's where it comes from, but I'm also KF5CKB. 73! :-)

EDIT: I modified my profile I used to work in Keller, and live in Arlington. After my house was broken into a couple of years ago we decided to move to Keller so it was closer to my work. I just had forgotten to update my location. Of course, the irony here is that now I live in Keller and work in Arlington. Heh, what are you going to do.

Funny how things work out like that! 73! :)

[btw, I'm AA5LD]

CodeJockey wrote:I did call the police and filed a report. Hopefully that will help if / when they try this again. We'll see.

I hope it does help. I'm in north Arlington. Did that happen in my part of town? In any event, I'm on double alert thanks to you CodeJockey.

[CodeJockey....as in CW by any chance? ]

CodeJockey, I'll tell you what I think you did right:
1. had your gun in hand
2. had the wife get her gun and phone and go to the kids room
3. stayed inside your home. you didn't go outside
4. kept the door mostly shut while talking to the guy who was up to absolutely no good what so ever.

IMO, you properly assessed the situation and were on red alert.

If there was anything you did wrong it was NOT call the cops at first opportunity, and opened the door at all.

I would have done exactly the same thing as you did though, given a similar scenario. You showed great situational awareness.