Why Would You Open the Door?
NO way I open the door to anyone for any reason when I am in a hotel/motel room, especially with the family. Especially in that situation. Maybe I'm the only one too cold or too honest to admit I don't carry guns to be a hero in this kind of situation but my baby needs a daddy and my wife needs a husband. I'm not dying for that woman out there. Who cares if you answer with a gun in your hand. Most of us here who have not experienced combat or had specific training can be overhwhelmed pretty quickly by a guy or guys looking to rush in to a motel room if that was a ruse to get the door opened. If that was a set up the bad guys had the initiative and are coming in on the offensive. Chances are you wouldn't know what hit you.
I would have gotten my family down prone on the floor, hit the lights and called/waited for authorities. That door flies open and I shoot. Until then I stay out of it.
NO way I open the door to anyone for any reason when I am in a hotel/motel room, especially with the family. Especially in that situation. Maybe I'm the only one too cold or too honest to admit I don't carry guns to be a hero in this kind of situation but my baby needs a daddy and my wife needs a husband. I'm not dying for that woman out there. Who cares if you answer with a gun in your hand. Most of us here who have not experienced combat or had specific training can be overhwhelmed pretty quickly by a guy or guys looking to rush in to a motel room if that was a ruse to get the door opened. If that was a set up the bad guys had the initiative and are coming in on the offensive. Chances are you wouldn't know what hit you.
I would have gotten my family down prone on the floor, hit the lights and called/waited for authorities. That door flies open and I shoot. Until then I stay out of it.