I have a story I thought Id share. I live in the county. There are no houses that would allow someone to see my house.
Wednesday I took my son to school then came home before I left for work. I dont always use my garage but on this day I did. I came inside and started doing some pre work on the computer. I had been home approx. a hour which made it roughly 9 am. I thought I heard a faint knock on the front door which opens to the living room where I was sitting. My new pup also thought she heard the noise. Some seconds later another faint knock. Remember my car was in the garage and the TV was not on. I peeked out the window to look at the drive way and a small blue 4 door car was parked with a girl behind the wheel and a guy in the back passenger side. I had a strong suspicion these 3 people were up to no good.
I sat back down on my couch with .45 in hand and thought about my options. My first thought was wait and not answer the door. If it gets kicked in someone is going to have a very bad day. Then I thought "what if they are just scouting today and come back another day when I have not come back home before heading out for work." So this second thought prompted me to answer the door. So I answered the door,with gun on hip, after looking out the decorative glass on my front door and deciding this guy was not armed that I could see.
The guy at the door was dressed in dirty old clothes, had a beard which was not well kept, and was probably in this late 20's to early 30's. I am 37. He made up some story about needing directions to highway 35. I assertively told him to keep heading straight down the road. He walked off my porch, got in the car and they left. I tried to get the plate number but couldnt see it.
At Thanksgiving dinner my Dad told my cousin-in-law, who is the police chief in the city, my story. He told my dad he wished I would have held them the police have been looking for these bums for a couple weeks.
As I recount the incident in my head I think of so many things I wish I would have done different. Never the less I thought this is a good pro 2nd amendment story.
Thanks for reading. I would like to hear how you would have handled the situation.
Wednesday I took my son to school then came home before I left for work. I dont always use my garage but on this day I did. I came inside and started doing some pre work on the computer. I had been home approx. a hour which made it roughly 9 am. I thought I heard a faint knock on the front door which opens to the living room where I was sitting. My new pup also thought she heard the noise. Some seconds later another faint knock. Remember my car was in the garage and the TV was not on. I peeked out the window to look at the drive way and a small blue 4 door car was parked with a girl behind the wheel and a guy in the back passenger side. I had a strong suspicion these 3 people were up to no good.
I sat back down on my couch with .45 in hand and thought about my options. My first thought was wait and not answer the door. If it gets kicked in someone is going to have a very bad day. Then I thought "what if they are just scouting today and come back another day when I have not come back home before heading out for work." So this second thought prompted me to answer the door. So I answered the door,with gun on hip, after looking out the decorative glass on my front door and deciding this guy was not armed that I could see.
The guy at the door was dressed in dirty old clothes, had a beard which was not well kept, and was probably in this late 20's to early 30's. I am 37. He made up some story about needing directions to highway 35. I assertively told him to keep heading straight down the road. He walked off my porch, got in the car and they left. I tried to get the plate number but couldnt see it.
At Thanksgiving dinner my Dad told my cousin-in-law, who is the police chief in the city, my story. He told my dad he wished I would have held them the police have been looking for these bums for a couple weeks.
As I recount the incident in my head I think of so many things I wish I would have done different. Never the less I thought this is a good pro 2nd amendment story.
Thanks for reading. I would like to hear how you would have handled the situation.
