The Plainsman
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Secret escape routes, etc........ ???
I must say - although many of these same thoughts and scenarios have run through my mind at one time or another, in reality, what are the odds, the honest-to-gosh chances of any of us finding ourselves in a situation where we and our home are actually under siege??
Since I'm one of the folks who lives in the country, certainly I'd want to be prepared, but if the truth be known, I guess I'm just not such a cynic that I worry about who just rang the doorbell (barring a ring at 2am). I don't typically answer the door with a gun in my hand. You know - I live in an area where folks still wave at one another as they pass on the road - even if they don't know one another. It's just "the neighborly thing to do".
Now, I do have various types of firearms distributed throughout the house, so that I would have access to some kind of weapon, regardless of where I am in the house, but I reckon the bad guys would get the jump on me if they just barged in as I opened the door. They'd just better keep a damned sharp eye on me and my bride while they're doin' their thing, 'cause the second they blink, one of us is gonna get the drop on 'em and start blowin' holes in someone. I just pray to the good Lord that it never comes to pass. We're too old to start training as "Rambo Junior".
I must say - although many of these same thoughts and scenarios have run through my mind at one time or another, in reality, what are the odds, the honest-to-gosh chances of any of us finding ourselves in a situation where we and our home are actually under siege??
Since I'm one of the folks who lives in the country, certainly I'd want to be prepared, but if the truth be known, I guess I'm just not such a cynic that I worry about who just rang the doorbell (barring a ring at 2am). I don't typically answer the door with a gun in my hand. You know - I live in an area where folks still wave at one another as they pass on the road - even if they don't know one another. It's just "the neighborly thing to do".
Now, I do have various types of firearms distributed throughout the house, so that I would have access to some kind of weapon, regardless of where I am in the house, but I reckon the bad guys would get the jump on me if they just barged in as I opened the door. They'd just better keep a damned sharp eye on me and my bride while they're doin' their thing, 'cause the second they blink, one of us is gonna get the drop on 'em and start blowin' holes in someone. I just pray to the good Lord that it never comes to pass. We're too old to start training as "Rambo Junior".