If an armed person breaks into your home in the middle of the night, what are you going to do? To make it more interesting to me, imagine this scenario similar to Dr. Petit's experience. I want to read what you intend to do and it's my scenario so don't give me any grief by saying that chances are it will never happen to you.
Well there isn't a lot you can do if someone manages to get in your house quietly and put a gun to your head. If they have the whole family at gunpoint you can either corporate and let them tie you up or cause some kind of commotion and hopefully one of you can make a run for it. I think I'd rather try to get away somehow then just making it easy on them and letting them tie me up quietly.
(02-03-2015, 11:34 AM)sally Wrote: [ -> ]you can either corporate and let them tie you up
If it means starting another company, just fucking tie me up already..
Jesus Christ, I knew something wasn't right when I typed that.
Well I recon they would need to be pretty quiet and fast in order to get me or mine pinned down. I have weapons all over the place so a couple seconds is all I need. I regularly get up to investigate noises and always do it armed.
So, if I got my hands on a weapon its going to be over quickly.
If they did manage to get on top of me I guess I would cooperate as much as I needed to until I could get a better hand on the deal.
There is absolutely no situation when there would be anyone in the house other than me and the GF unless I was aware of it so no chance of the kid slipping back in or the GF wandering around in the middle of the night.
I make it a point to be aware of my surroundings so I cannot imagine it even being possible to shoot the wrong person, Ever. Positively ID a target and all that
There are an amazing number of ways to get leverage on someone without them being able to do a hell of a lot to escape. Whether you have guns in your house or not, an intruder is at a disadvantage unless you panic simply because it's your space and you know it well. You know where the sharp things are, the heavy things...the mistake people make with guns is relying too heavily on them for protection when there are infinite options. I have a couple dozen heavy blunt items within easy reach of just about any room in my house, along with the standards. Some are throwable, some for hitting, some will make stabby. And if I get close enough, somebody is getting choked out. Right after I fishhook his eyeball.
I'd probably pee my pants. Then kick the dude in the balls.
With most home invasions over here, the perpetrators knock at the door or make a noise at the door to get somebody to open it and investigate, or follow someone to the front door. Knife to the throat or gun to the head of a loved one tends to immobilise all the other people in the house pretty quick whether they have weapons or not.
In reality my house is not the type or location that someone would choose to break into. The house is an open floor plan and there is nowhere to sneak in quietly, my drive way looks like a parking lot with all my husbands work trucks, the dogs would be barking like crazy, the alarm would go off and chances are one of the nosey neighbors on this little cul-de-sac would see or hear something.
I used to be very nervous here. I'd be here alone and hear every squeak this big, old house made. I still hear every little sound but now they are all like an old shoe. I don't know what I would do if someone got in. There are guns here and I know how to use them but I don't walk around with one and it would be an effort to go get one. I don't ever want to hurt someone like that and I'd be really pissed if I had to. I'd shoot him and then I'd kick him for making me do it. I hope I wouldn't be paralyzed with fear. 
I'd find a bargaining chip to buy time, then take the best opportunity to snap someone's neck.
Alarms, signs, cameras and some awareness tends to prevent such things. Don't be a soft target
Another thing that never ends well is when someone tries to pull you in their car. For women anyway. I'm not easily getting in anyone's car whether they have a gun to me or not.
(02-04-2015, 02:43 PM)sally Wrote: [ -> ]In reality my house is not the type or location that someone would choose to break into. The house is an open floor plan and there is nowhere to sneak in quietly, my drive way looks like a parking lot with all my husbands work trucks, the dogs would be barking like crazy, the alarm would go off and chances are one of the nosey neighbors on this little cul-de-sac would see or hear something.
(02-04-2015, 09:26 PM)SIXFOOTERsez Wrote: [ -> ]Alarms, signs, cameras and some awareness tends to prevent such things. Don't be a soft target
In reality, I think this ^ is the key. If you make your next door neighbours look like easier targets, chances are you'll be left alone.
We have security here, the stable way more than here at the house but my driveway is over a quarter mile long, I can't even be seen from the road and the cops are several minutes away.
When I used to live in the suburbs it used to crack me up every weekend when all my neighbors would drag all their shit out to the curb and "clean their garages". I first wondered how dirty a garage could get every single week that made them seriously take every jetski, riding mower and fancy generator out all the way down the driveway. Then I realized they were just doing the suburban husband version of comparing penis sizes via their yard toys. And the whole time all I could think was how grateful some of my friends would be for the helpful late night shopping map.
Oh just let them do what they want because they were probably forced into it by their upbringing. Poor souls.
Michael Moore
At my age and with my aliments, I can safely say that I would have a heart attack ?
Damn these tablets. Waay to touchy !
