+1 Tuckerdog.
We have a system in our house (before bedtime). First of all, the door is locked, most of the time. However, 17 year old son, going in and out with friends, does not always do this. Hence the system:
Front door opens. I am in the bedroom or the kitchen or the living room (rooms where I can't visually identify the person entering myself). I call out "HELLO!" I'd better hear Hello, or Hi there, in a voice I know, or else the gun comes out. ONce or twice hubster or son have delayed responding. I call the second time, but the gun is out of my waistband. They answer. Gun is put away. Other family members do the same.
After I'm asleep, I have to rely on the alarm system and the dogs. No police officer is going to be coming in uninvited in the middle of the night unless they are doing a drug bust in the wrong house (and this HAS HAPPENED to people before.) I don't spend a whole lot of time worrying about that, though.
It's my house. Nobody with hostile intent will get past the hallway, one way or another.
Springmom
We have a system in our house (before bedtime). First of all, the door is locked, most of the time. However, 17 year old son, going in and out with friends, does not always do this. Hence the system:
Front door opens. I am in the bedroom or the kitchen or the living room (rooms where I can't visually identify the person entering myself). I call out "HELLO!" I'd better hear Hello, or Hi there, in a voice I know, or else the gun comes out. ONce or twice hubster or son have delayed responding. I call the second time, but the gun is out of my waistband. They answer. Gun is put away. Other family members do the same.
After I'm asleep, I have to rely on the alarm system and the dogs. No police officer is going to be coming in uninvited in the middle of the night unless they are doing a drug bust in the wrong house (and this HAS HAPPENED to people before.) I don't spend a whole lot of time worrying about that, though.
It's my house. Nobody with hostile intent will get past the hallway, one way or another.
Springmom