While this isn't as exciting as what happened to loknload [Link to invalid post], it was still something that I could have done without.
It's 4:54am and everyone is sound asleep when the doorbell suddenly rings. I tumble out of bed and my first thought is to open the door quickly before the person can ring the bell again -- we just put the little one to bed a couple of hours earlier after an exhausting few hours of trying to make her fall asleep and I didn't want the doorbell to wake her up again.
However, as I was putting on my pants, sleep began to leave my mine and more logical reasoning began to settle in. While it could have been a neighbor in need, it could also have been someone with less honorable intentions and so I grabbed my S&W5906 -- sixteen rounds of 9mm (I still haven't decided [Link to invalid post"[Link to invalid postl", please feel free to do so[/url]).
As I began to make my way to the front door with my gun in hand, my wife began screaming in a loud whisper (so as not to wake the baby) not to open the door. I installed one of those 2" peep holes which gives you a wide angle view of outside but it needs a lot of light to be useful so I really couldn't see who was out there. I stood by the front door for about 5 minutes just listening. After not hearing anything, I spend another 5-10 walking around the inside of the house also listening to see if there were any noises coming from the outisde -- either from the bushes or someone trying the windows or other doors.
I then went back to bed and I must have laid there for another 15 minutes trying to listen before drifting off to sleep. After falling into a nice deep sleep, the doorbell began ringing again at 6:07am but this time it wasn't just one ring but multiple, continous rings. I once again put on my pants and grabbed my gun.
The continous ringing woke up the baby and instead of telling me not to go outside (like she did earlier), this time my wife was telling me to go out there to see who it was and what they wanted. Just as I was about to open the door, I got to thinking ... suppose the person catches me off guard from the side and jumps me. If a struggle developes over my gun, depending on his size & fighting experience level, I could be at a disadvantage -- he could disarm me and then I could be looking down the end of my own gun.
So, before opening the door, I decided to grab a back-up gun and placed a S&W3913 in an inside the waist belly band just under my shirt. I then opened the door with my S&W5906 in hand but with the safety engaged thinking that if someone did try to get the gun away from me and we started struggling over the weapon, in all likelihood, the person would not be able to identify the firearm and it would take them a few seconds to realize that the gun was on safe, locate & disenage the safety. During those few seconds, I could bring my back-up gun into action.
Anyway, that was my thinking pattern as I slowly opened the front door to discover that there was nobody by the doorbell but it was still ringing -- obviously a short-circuit! I carefully looked around the corners of the house to make sure that there was nobody around. Then I secured the larger S&W5906 while still wearing the smaller S&W3913 in the belly band as I got a screw driver and attempted to fix the doorbell.
This whole thing got me to thinking as to what other TFL members would have done (or have done) when/if faced with a similar situation and do you think it's a good idea to have a back-up gun when facing the unknown where your primary gun might be snatched away from you?
FUD
Share what you know & learn what you don't <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jimmy: ... FUD is no less unfortunate than anyone else. Instead, he's unusually observant & analytical. Therefore he sees the risks & threats that surround everyone, even though most people are unaware of them ...[/quote]
[This message has been edited by FUD (edited September 07, 2000).]
It's 4:54am and everyone is sound asleep when the doorbell suddenly rings. I tumble out of bed and my first thought is to open the door quickly before the person can ring the bell again -- we just put the little one to bed a couple of hours earlier after an exhausting few hours of trying to make her fall asleep and I didn't want the doorbell to wake her up again.
However, as I was putting on my pants, sleep began to leave my mine and more logical reasoning began to settle in. While it could have been a neighbor in need, it could also have been someone with less honorable intentions and so I grabbed my S&W5906 -- sixteen rounds of 9mm (I still haven't decided [Link to invalid post"[Link to invalid postl", please feel free to do so[/url]).
As I began to make my way to the front door with my gun in hand, my wife began screaming in a loud whisper (so as not to wake the baby) not to open the door. I installed one of those 2" peep holes which gives you a wide angle view of outside but it needs a lot of light to be useful so I really couldn't see who was out there. I stood by the front door for about 5 minutes just listening. After not hearing anything, I spend another 5-10 walking around the inside of the house also listening to see if there were any noises coming from the outisde -- either from the bushes or someone trying the windows or other doors.
I then went back to bed and I must have laid there for another 15 minutes trying to listen before drifting off to sleep. After falling into a nice deep sleep, the doorbell began ringing again at 6:07am but this time it wasn't just one ring but multiple, continous rings. I once again put on my pants and grabbed my gun.
The continous ringing woke up the baby and instead of telling me not to go outside (like she did earlier), this time my wife was telling me to go out there to see who it was and what they wanted. Just as I was about to open the door, I got to thinking ... suppose the person catches me off guard from the side and jumps me. If a struggle developes over my gun, depending on his size & fighting experience level, I could be at a disadvantage -- he could disarm me and then I could be looking down the end of my own gun.
So, before opening the door, I decided to grab a back-up gun and placed a S&W3913 in an inside the waist belly band just under my shirt. I then opened the door with my S&W5906 in hand but with the safety engaged thinking that if someone did try to get the gun away from me and we started struggling over the weapon, in all likelihood, the person would not be able to identify the firearm and it would take them a few seconds to realize that the gun was on safe, locate & disenage the safety. During those few seconds, I could bring my back-up gun into action.
Anyway, that was my thinking pattern as I slowly opened the front door to discover that there was nobody by the doorbell but it was still ringing -- obviously a short-circuit! I carefully looked around the corners of the house to make sure that there was nobody around. Then I secured the larger S&W5906 while still wearing the smaller S&W3913 in the belly band as I got a screw driver and attempted to fix the doorbell.
This whole thing got me to thinking as to what other TFL members would have done (or have done) when/if faced with a similar situation and do you think it's a good idea to have a back-up gun when facing the unknown where your primary gun might be snatched away from you?
FUD
[This message has been edited by FUD (edited September 07, 2000).]
