My [Link to invalid post] leading into the development for security reasons and I quickly discovered how INEFFECTIVE it is.
My wife took the little one to her sister's house for the day while I spent the afternoon at the range and then cleaned my guns in the early evening hours. I then went to pick up my family and as we drove past the security gate, a car that was behind us for a couple of miles, sneaked past the gate right behind us (as the gate was closing behind us, the car quickly zoomed in).
I initially didn't think anything of it and just assumed that it was just another home owner who didn't want to pay the outrageous price for the access car. However, as I had my wife & daughter in the car with me, caution began to set in. We live off of a huge circle (about three and a half miles in diameter) that goes around the entire community with streets leading off of it and instead of heading straight home, I decided to make a loop around the circle under the assumption that if the car that was behind us was indeed a home owner, he would drop off some place along the way before I made a complete circle.
So, I went completely around the circle and the car was still behind me! Now what? Rule of thumb is not to lead the person to your home. What are my options?<UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI> Call the police on the cell phone -- well it might not be a problem (YET) because the person might actually be lost. Plus, I don't know the police's telephone number and this doesn't appear to be warrant a call to '911' (YET).
<LI> Drive to a well lighted area with people around -- well, it's late and everything nearby is closed.
<LI> Drive to the local police station -- well our town does not have a police department. Instead, we are served by the county sheriff's department and the local sub-station is not staffed in the evenings or on week-ends.</UL>Since this was a short local trip, I did not have my normal carry gun (a S&W 3913 in 9mm) but a [Link to invalid post] with five rounds of .38 special. I also had another Taurus model 85 in stainless steel under my seat (in a bolted security box with a simplex lock) as my car gun.
Looking back, I suspect that this was not the best course of action to take but I decided to drive home figuring that we would be safer in our home surroundings plus I had more powerful & loaded firearms INSIDE the house. Of course, how I was going to get inside the house if trouble developed outside, is something that I didn't take into account.
As I drove down my street and started pulling into my driveway, I activated the garage door opener and removed the SS 85 from the security box and as I drove into the garage, I placed it on the seat next to me. Once I parked the car, I activated the garage door again to close and as the door was closing, I noticed that the car drove past us (slowly), went to the end of the street to make a U-turn, and drove past us slowly again as it left.
Fortunately, nothing happened -- maybe the person was just lost or if they did have evil intentions, decided to change their minds for whatever reason. However, if they were planning on an attack, I feel that I made a number of tactical blunders. How would you have handled the situation?
Share what you know, learn what you don't -- FUD
[This message has been edited by FUD (edited July 26, 2000).]
My wife took the little one to her sister's house for the day while I spent the afternoon at the range and then cleaned my guns in the early evening hours. I then went to pick up my family and as we drove past the security gate, a car that was behind us for a couple of miles, sneaked past the gate right behind us (as the gate was closing behind us, the car quickly zoomed in).
I initially didn't think anything of it and just assumed that it was just another home owner who didn't want to pay the outrageous price for the access car. However, as I had my wife & daughter in the car with me, caution began to set in. We live off of a huge circle (about three and a half miles in diameter) that goes around the entire community with streets leading off of it and instead of heading straight home, I decided to make a loop around the circle under the assumption that if the car that was behind us was indeed a home owner, he would drop off some place along the way before I made a complete circle.
So, I went completely around the circle and the car was still behind me! Now what? Rule of thumb is not to lead the person to your home. What are my options?<UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI> Call the police on the cell phone -- well it might not be a problem (YET) because the person might actually be lost. Plus, I don't know the police's telephone number and this doesn't appear to be warrant a call to '911' (YET).
<LI> Drive to a well lighted area with people around -- well, it's late and everything nearby is closed.
<LI> Drive to the local police station -- well our town does not have a police department. Instead, we are served by the county sheriff's department and the local sub-station is not staffed in the evenings or on week-ends.</UL>Since this was a short local trip, I did not have my normal carry gun (a S&W 3913 in 9mm) but a [Link to invalid post] with five rounds of .38 special. I also had another Taurus model 85 in stainless steel under my seat (in a bolted security box with a simplex lock) as my car gun.
Looking back, I suspect that this was not the best course of action to take but I decided to drive home figuring that we would be safer in our home surroundings plus I had more powerful & loaded firearms INSIDE the house. Of course, how I was going to get inside the house if trouble developed outside, is something that I didn't take into account.
As I drove down my street and started pulling into my driveway, I activated the garage door opener and removed the SS 85 from the security box and as I drove into the garage, I placed it on the seat next to me. Once I parked the car, I activated the garage door again to close and as the door was closing, I noticed that the car drove past us (slowly), went to the end of the street to make a U-turn, and drove past us slowly again as it left.
Fortunately, nothing happened -- maybe the person was just lost or if they did have evil intentions, decided to change their minds for whatever reason. However, if they were planning on an attack, I feel that I made a number of tactical blunders. How would you have handled the situation?
Share what you know, learn what you don't -- FUD
[This message has been edited by FUD (edited July 26, 2000).]
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