Rude awakening 06/02/10

[pcernuch]

Skirt??!!??

A few years ago, this forum molded my sense as to what I would do in a case like yours. Stay in the house and wait for the LEOs. Don't even go in my own yard after hearing a noise outside. I won't even go to another part of the house if I hear a noise there. Just stay in the bedroom with boss and weapons after alarm or call for help. I didn't use to think that way, but am convinced now that that is what I should do. Cover the hallway. Period.

TX CHL 1997
CO CHP 2005

If I think someone is in the house, I am going to do something about it. I am not holing-up because I heard noises. I do agree about going outdoors though, but I would have to consciously remind myself not to do it. My first impulse would be to go out and investigate.

while i agree staying put would def. be the safest thing to do and prolly the smartest, i have a wife and kid also in this house, my house. if somehow you have defeated the alarm and the rotty, then the job has been handed over to me. as a husband and a father my #1 job on this earth is to take care of my family and keep them safe. if i hear something in or around my home that i shouldnt be hearing i am coming to get you.

god bless.

[PUCKER]

Several friends of mine that live in Dallas have gone out quite late at night/early in the morning (depends on your perspective I suppose) with either just skivvies on or their birthday suit and armed and in HOT pursuit of a thief/burglar...needless to say, it probably wasn't the gun that scared the bad guys the most!

Although during one of the instances a buddy heard the birdshot from his shotgun hitting the bad guy's truck while the bad guy was loading up the stolen property and getting in it to escape, he probably hit the bad guy, but not hard enough to do much damage (ie - stopping)...he had been dove hunting a few days before, forgot to load up with 00 buck...he won't make that mistake again. He thought the neighbors (alot of elderly and a few folks of alternative relationship lifestyles) would be upset about shooting at the bad guy - quite the contrary, they all congratulated him for taking care of business, even the Dallas police...this neighborhood had been hit by crime quite a bit and this incident put a stop to it.

[bizarrenormality]

It's not a skirt. It's a kilt.

[jimlongley]

Several friends of mine that live in Dallas have gone out quite late at night/early in the morning (depends on your perspective I suppose) with either just skivvies on or their birthday suit and armed and in HOT pursuit of a thief/burglar...needless to say, it probably wasn't the gun that scared the bad guys the most!

My daughter chased a prowler out of her fenced yard down in Round Rock a bunch of years ago, with her rifle, in her birthday suit. There's a great deal more to that story that is only suitable for a face to face conversation.

[C-dub]

Skirt??!!??

A few years ago, this forum molded my sense as to what I would do in a case like yours. Stay in the house and wait for the LEOs. Don't even go in my own yard after hearing a noise outside. I won't even go to another part of the house if I hear a noise there. Just stay in the bedroom with boss and weapons after alarm or call for help. I didn't use to think that way, but am convinced now that that is what I should do. Cover the hallway. Period.

TX CHL 1997
CO CHP 2005

If I think someone is in the house, I am going to do something about it. I am not holing-up because I heard noises. I do agree about going outdoors though, but I would have to consciously remind myself not to do it. My first impulse would be to go out and investigate.

Ditto. I would also be a much better golfer if I wouldn't go for it all the time. Too much of that "Tin Cup" syndrome.

[rdcrags]

Purplehood wrote:
rdcrags wrote:
Skirt??!!??

A few years ago, this forum molded my sense as to what I would do in a case like yours. Stay in the house and wait for the LEOs. Don't even go in my own yard after hearing a noise outside. I won't even go to another part of the house if I hear a noise there. Just stay in the bedroom with boss and weapons after alarm or call for help. I didn't use to think that way, but am convinced now that that is what I should do. Cover the hallway. Period.

TX CHL 1997
CO CHP 2005

If I think someone is in the house, I am going to do something about it. I am not holing-up because I heard noises. I do agree about going outdoors though, but I would have to consciously remind myself not to do it. My first impulse would be to go out and investigate.
Ditto. I would also be a much better golfer if I wouldn't go for it all the time. Too much of that "Tin Cup" syndrome.

I should have said that only my wife and I are there now, and we would be in the back bedroom if it is late. I thought long and hard about this before deciding. After alarm, silent or otherwise (we have a silent button in the bedroom, and a cell phone programed for the constable, who arrive in less than 3 minutes), I would cover the hall and wait for the LEO to arrive. Then, I would work my way to the front door to let him or her in to "clear" the house. To each his own, though.

TX CHL 1997
CO CHP 2005

[Smokey613]

This turned out okay. I wouldn't leave my property unless it was an extreme case. I am like one of the other posters. We have 2 large Boxers that have 24/7 access inside and out via a dog door. My wife ( a 20 year veteran PO, still working ) has her Glock and a Remington 870 riot by her side. I have my Colt DE 10mm and a S&W 3913 on my side. I figure if they get past the alarm, the 2 dogs and my wife... then they are bought and paid for.

[VoiceofReason]

I wouldn't worry too much about the police catching me with the gun, but in the SKIRT?? That would be around the station really quick!!!

Even dressed I look kind of like Uncle Fester, and like that I look kind of like a bald bigfoot.

That is a mental picture that I really didn’t need.