Stevie-Ray
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Now that's an interesting weapon.
How do you answer the door?
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Parvenu_paddy
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a girl i used to know said her mother crawls to the door if some one calls when its dark.
apparently she went downstairs one night and her mother was on her hands and knees waving her away.
i think thats a bit far so the peephole is probably best. Telling people who bang at your door to F-off should work as well.
apparently she went downstairs one night and her mother was on her hands and knees waving her away.
i think thats a bit far so the peephole is probably best. Telling people who bang at your door to F-off should work as well.
This actually has happened to me two or three times, only I was the one knocking on the door. At the time I was still living in West Virginia and in each case I was having car trouble. One time I had to knock on more than one door before someone would let me use their phone (this was before cell phones, which I don't even have now-but my cars haven't broken down lately). Another time I was stuck (I owned a 4x4 and you know how that goes) and I had to knock on a door for help. Someone who lived in pretty much the same circumstances I did was kind enough to help. In all these situations I was not dressed to the nines exactly, since one rarely is out in the country in the middle of the night and one rarely seems to have serious car trouble in broad daylight in town. But anyhow, I was dependent on the kindness of strangers in all instances. To my knowledge, no one answered the door with a gun and it was West Virginia, so perhaps we are living in more dangerous and fearful times (thank the Ministry of Fear for that).
Put yourself on the other side of the door for a minute and think about it.
Put yourself on the other side of the door for a minute and think about it.
I have a gun in my hand, held behind my back. I don't stand directly in front of the door, I stand off to the side. I look at the person through a portion of a window in the door. I speak to the person through the locked door. I only open the door if the person at the door is in a FedEx or UPS uniform and their liveried truck is in the driveway.
My wife & I are usually armed when we're at home or have a gun within reach. We've got a bass & catfish pond in our backyard so we get folks stopping by to fish 24X7. Most ask if it's ok so we get a lot of knocks on the front door. We have a full length glass window beside the door and two large dogs that bark at anybody who knocks. They gives us a great excuse for not opening the screen door. If somebody did try to push inside the dogs would take them down immediately. We'd just have to cover'em untill the paramedics arrive... 
Milspec
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KnightZero
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If I'm in bed and someone starts pounding on my door downstairs, I'm going to go to my bathroom window and try to identify them. If anything seems fishy, I'm going to get heavy things from the bedroom and drop them on the person's head until they go away. I'd probably start with a shelf or two, if they are particularly persistent I'll toss the washer and dryer at them.* My carry pistol would be on my hip. My front door is glass down to about waist level. The shade obscures somewhat, but anyone at my door would be able to get a fairly good bead on me through the glass before I could make a positive ID. Someone outside my apartment door with a gun of their own would be able to draw a bead on me the minute that I entered the living room/kitchen space on the 1st floor.
*I wonder if my window is big enough for a tactical laundry appliance strike. Gonna have to look into that when I get home
*I wonder if my window is big enough for a tactical laundry appliance strike. Gonna have to look into that when I get home
Stevie-Ray
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Hehehehehe
KnightZero
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Hey now, I didn't come in here to start a washer-dryer caliber war. An apartment size top loader in hand is better than the full size front loader locked in the basement.
Chuckusaret
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I have a concealed video camera at each entrance to my house and four that cover the majority of my yard with a monitor in the master bedroom and family room. I also have property perimeter lights that keep the yard well lit. I answer the door with door chain in place with a .40 caliber in hand behind my back.
At night-IF-I answer the door,there is a loaded gun behind my back in my right hand.
I once answered my door late one night in a bad neighborhood ( in Dumfries,Va.) to a guy I had never seen before asking me for some jumper cables.
He said someone told him I had some.
I never even seen this guy before.
My 380 Mauser was ready to go in my right hand,safety off,behind my back.
We stood there for a while,while I waited for his brain to click to the fact that he was'nt getting past my door stoop (he even looked up my stairs)and he finally turned and went to the running car that was out on the street with his buddie standing outside the drivers door.
I once answered my door late one night in a bad neighborhood ( in Dumfries,Va.) to a guy I had never seen before asking me for some jumper cables.
He said someone told him I had some.
I never even seen this guy before.
My 380 Mauser was ready to go in my right hand,safety off,behind my back.
We stood there for a while,while I waited for his brain to click to the fact that he was'nt getting past my door stoop (he even looked up my stairs)and he finally turned and went to the running car that was out on the street with his buddie standing outside the drivers door.
Good idea - think about how you may make the resident feel.
If I have to go to somebody's door when they're not expecting me, I knock and then step back away from the door and keep my hands in sight. I might even step back off the porch but still within sight. This is a rural neighborhood, so if somebody answers their door with a shotgun in hand, it wouldn't bother me at all.
Actually, it bothers me more when they don't 
I carry all the time at home, so I always "answer the door" with a gun. Anymore, I usually go out the other side of the house and come around the corner to see who they are, rather than leaving myself open to somebody pushing in.
I've helped people who were broke down or wrecked, and I've run off creeps who were up to no good.
We used to have a really bad situation on the property next to us. The owner finally went to prison and sold the place to a nice guy who lives in another state. But from time to time some of the former neighbor's old buddies will show up. It only takes one time to let your guard down to the wrong person(s).
You mean that you carry a gun with you when you are out and about? How paranoid are you?
You wear a seatbelt in the car? What, you think you're going to crash ever day? You pay money for life insurance? Why? You think you're going to die tomorrow?
Take a close look at the three beautiful women in this picture. They lived in a very safe, upscale neighborhood in Connecticut. During a home invasion, they were tied to beds, raped, doused with gasoline, and set fire. All three died. May they rest in peace. The man in the picture was beaten with a baseball bat, but survived the fire. I simply can't imagine the heartache he must be enduring.
Bad things can happen to good people. Chances are, they won't happen to me and mine. But in the unlikely event that the goblins show up at my door, I want to have something in hand other than a coffee cup.
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bigmike0176
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Back in the days before cell phones, I had a car that broke down in the middle of no where about 3 in the morning. I noticed about a mile back the form house had the lights on already so I waked back and knocked on the door. This old farmers wife didnt even hesitate opening the door and inviting me in for coffee while I waited for a ride. I cant imagine doing that these days. I dont think I would have opened and invited in anyone back then.
The several times this has happened educated me accidently to a technique used the last few times-
I use in my work as a construction inspector seriously bright (600-1000 CP) flashlights and the first thing the door knocker sees is their corneas erupting from a blast in the eyes. Every time, the involuntary reaction they had was rapidly backing away from the door while rubbing their eyes.
None of them ever was able to see the gun in the other hand, or stuck around long enough to even tell me what they wanted.
Instant disorientation I guess.
Keep 'em coming !\
Pyzon
I use in my work as a construction inspector seriously bright (600-1000 CP) flashlights and the first thing the door knocker sees is their corneas erupting from a blast in the eyes. Every time, the involuntary reaction they had was rapidly backing away from the door while rubbing their eyes.
None of them ever was able to see the gun in the other hand, or stuck around long enough to even tell me what they wanted.
Instant disorientation I guess.
Keep 'em coming !\
Pyzon