OldMarksman
Staff
Posted by Ton:
I also have low luminosity battery-powered LED candles in sconces here and there, and they not only provide sufficient illumination to see where people are , they also cast shadows of anyone moving.
If you happen to have been in bed at the time, you should be able to access cover and get ready. If the person responds to your challenge by trying to point a firearm, you still have an insurmountable advantage.
Should your challenge result in an innocent responding, it will have avoided a tragedy. Should it result in the flight of a criminal actor, it will save you more grief than you can imagine. If in the extreme unlikely event that it might cause a violent criminal amor to try to get to you, you were in grave under before uttering anything, whether you knew it or not.
I keep a hand-held light. The gun is the same one I carry indoors and out, and it does not have a light.I'm a firm believer is the use of either a flashlight or weapon mounted light when using a firearm at night. It may be cumbersome, and create a tactical disadvantage, but it is 100% necessary to ensure you actually identify your target.
I also have low luminosity battery-powered LED candles in sconces here and there, and they not only provide sufficient illumination to see where people are , they also cast shadows of anyone moving.
It isn't a good solution to darkness, but it can still prevent one from shooting an innocent. Your failure to recognize someone in your house uninvited would shake you up, but it is not necessarily a reason for shooting. It could well be someone who had been visiting a neighbor, who had come to render aid in the event of an inadvertent cell phone call. Or maybe the fire chief in plain clothing.However, I don't believe that yelling "who's there?" at a silhouette in the darkness is a practical solution to the problem. In the event that it is an intruder, the best case outcome is they run off, and the worst case outcome is they respond with gunfire.
If you happen to have been in bed at the time, you should be able to access cover and get ready. If the person responds to your challenge by trying to point a firearm, you still have an insurmountable advantage.
Should your challenge result in an innocent responding, it will have avoided a tragedy. Should it result in the flight of a criminal actor, it will save you more grief than you can imagine. If in the extreme unlikely event that it might cause a violent criminal amor to try to get to you, you were in grave under before uttering anything, whether you knew it or not.