Someone at the door

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I have a sticker on my door that clearly warns
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Mine says "Contents inside protected by Jesus" :) I dont fear. I dont answer the door armed. I dont think everyone is a bad guy out to get me. Been living that way since the late 50s and it has done me well. Now some of the younger crowd? Seem to fear everything and want to shoot anything scares em. I heartily recommend classes, lots of classes. A relative or two in LEO work to question is also a good idea.
 
I don't usually answer the door with it in hand, but it is within reach if I need it. The door makes for a good leverage point to break an intruders arm if they stick it in.
 
I always bring one to the door with me if I am not expecting someone, but I keep it out of view. Once, I freaked out my preacher by answering the door at nigth with a shotgun. I have learned that it is better to be low key but ready.
 
I answered the door last night with a Glock 17 holstered on my side. It was the UPS guy, I don't think he even noticed.
 
“How many ordinances and federal regulations does that violate”?
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Maybe AK is an open carry state, but there damn well ought to be some limits.:eek:

Regardless, it takes some serious stones to answer the door that way…. Ahhh hell, I give up!
 
I'm always armed so that's the answer. Depends on how I'm "dressed" as to how I'm amred and that all I'm going to say about that.:rolleyes:
 
I have 2 good size dogs that'll wake the dead when anyone, friend or foe, comes to the door. During the day I'm not all that concerned but at night, if I am not expecting someone, then I'll have a gun in my right hand as I open the door with my left.
 
"...and you aren't expecting company..." Who could be vacuum cleaner salesmen, Girl Guides selling cookies, assorted religious missionaries, etc, etc. Look out the friggin' window and assess the threat. If you can't assess a threat, you have no business having a firearm for defense.
'No Soliciting' stickers on doors mean absolutely nothing. Door to door sales types are trained to ignore them. So are missionaries.
 
"Look out the friggin' window and assess the threat." Sounds like good advice to me. I'm surprised at the number of posts that recommend opening the door day or night without checking to see who is there.

Answering the door in the nude! Whats up with that?
 
"Look out the friggin' window and assess the threat." Sounds like good advice to me. I'm surprised at the number of posts that recommend opening the door day or night without checking to see who is there.
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Look out the window, what a concept. If there is a window to look out. And no, at night I doubt if a Girl Scout selling cookies (haven't had one come to the door in years), or a Vacuum Cleaner Salesman will be at my door.

If you can't assess a threat, you have no business having a firearm for defense.
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That statement I think is just arrogant.
 
All right, folks; let's tone it down a bit, shall we?

Not everyone can look out a window to see who's there. I have a split entry home with a somewhat recessed front door, making that impossible.

I solved the problem in several ways.

Surveillance camera above and just to the side of the door. They're dirt cheap today and there are a host of wireless cameras so you don't have to drill, run wire, etc. I have a second one on the corner of my house that's mounted on a cheap Radio Shack antenna rotor so I can pan 270 degrees. It's also great when I'm watching TV & too engrossed in a good show to go to the door :D. Mine is set up with an infrared remote A-B switch so I can hit a button on my remote to switch to the camera, and back to my show.

Second. An iron barred security storm door. When I open my main door, I can converse through the bars with absolutely no chance of anyone forcing entry.

Third. On the off chance that I really do have a bad guy at my door, I have a holster velcroed to the inside of my main door, just above the doorknob. The gun is usually my Colt Det. Special. No one can see it from the outside, and while my hand's on the doorknob, it's only inches from the butt of the gun.

And finally, my 206 pound English Mastiff's bark is sufficient to make salesmen peddle their wares elsewhere ;).
 
If I'm not expecting anyone, I usually walk to the door (quietly) and look out the peephole. I decide what to do from there, if it's not someone I know I usually don't even bother answering the door. The only time I don't have a gun on me is when I'm asleep or in the shower, and in those cases it is nearby.

This is one reason I really hated my old house, the front door had windows, so the person on the porch could see you walking up to the door.

If you have to answer the door for some reason, one tip I heard that I thought was really clever is to shout "I'll get it" even (especially) if you're the only one home. If the person is a criminal, they will know/think there is more than one person in the house, and may be more inclined to leave you alone.
 
i sleep with the doors locked and the windows shut. if i am home alone day or night i keep within reach my 870 loaded mag. empty chamber. knock on the door . i don't answer unless i know who they are or i am expecting someone. when i am not home alone at night the 870 is loaded mag. empty chamber within reach of my bedside. the kids don't go in my room unless they absolutely have to wake me. and they knock first, if i hear door open without a knock. i yell who is it while reaching over. my g/f and kids think i may be nuts. but i try to teach them basic safety. my mom and dad don't answer unless they know it is. or they are expecting company. door is locked day and night. home or not. floodlights illuminating the whole exterior of the house. a few on motion sensors.
 
Those Firearms Related Signs and Decals Around Your Front Door...

PROBABLY are NOT a good idea. They'd sure simplify things for a would-be burglar trying to decide WHICH home to hit after once determining no one is home! An alarm company sign near your exterior doors, however, MIGHT act as a minimal deterrent!
 
I can see my front porch from two sets of front windows, and also through a glass pane in the door ... we don't get too many uninvited guests out here in the hinterlands of Texas; if it's late, I take my 1911 to the door ... just in case ... love the idea of yelling, "I'll get it!" Am adding that to my repertoire ...

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when they kick at your front door,
how you gonna come?
with your hands on your head
or on the trigger of your gun?
 
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