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this last weekend, my 4 year old comes sneaking down the hallway and she whispers "i hear a weird noise like beep beep. I think a man in the house" I was in the bathroom and had to wipe and zip up but luckily my handgun was on my belt. I walked as quietly as I could with her to my bedroom, gave her my kabar and told her to hide in our walk in closet and only to use it if he found her. I checked the extra room, my 2 year old was still sleeping. the dog was standing in the doorway with his hair all bristled. I heard a phone ring. mine has a distinctive ringtone and that wasn't it. I closed him in with her and grabbed my 12 ga from my room. I went downstairs and quickly cleared the living room and found the front door open. I locked it and jammed a chair under the knob before clearing the rest of the house and found it empty.

She tells me the noise she heard was his cell phone.

Didn't bother to call the cops. Nothing they could do anyways. I do take most my guns when I leave and keep the dog locked in with the safe now.
I got lucky. Even when you're home and armed, lock your doors. It's too bad the dog was sleeping with the kid and not under the dining room table where he usually is. or maybe a blessing.
 
Thankfully you and your children are safe. One mistake though. Always call the police.

It doesn't matter at that point, what they can do to help you. You're safe at that point. It's about alerting law enforcement of a potential threat to the safety of your neighbors & community.
 
Crazy and scary..... Good thing you had your firearm on you. This is why you can't even let your guard down at home ....glad all is well .My wife is always reminding me and the kids to lock the door even when at home.You never know what can happen and when it does, it can go bad fast.
 
Indeed very fortunate for you and the children, I agree that you should have called the police as well, maybe not for your self but for the children in the event a BG was in fact in your house and the confrentation went bad.
 
Glad you and the family are okay.

IMHO, you should have dialed 911 and laid the phone down while you searched the house.
 
Glad you're OK.
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Use double locks, steel or solid wood doors in solid frames, 4" screws to secure hinges and strike plates (including your safe room or bedroom), a brace bar, gun and cell phone in the safe room (bedroom), alarms and a noisy dog if possible. If an active alarm isn't possible get screamers for the windows and doors. Outside, trim the brush back from doors and windows and install motion lights wherever possible. An ounce of prevention goes a long way. I made the kids set the alarm every time they came in or out... which drove me crazy because they came and went non-stop.
 
Our doors always locked and dead bolted. The doors are steel doors.

Backed up of course by Smith & Wesson security.
 
Recently attended a local Citizens Response to Armed Confrontation course where we did role play in the "CRAC House" with Simunition. The course, and gun range, is run by local cops. Well, it was a real eye-opener. I located and took out the BG in the living room only to be nailed from behind by his accomplice who had been hiding in the kitchen. Lesson....protect what is most valuable...barricade and protect my kids. I had left the family in the bedroom while I went hunting. Call the cops and let them clear the house but remain prepared to take out anything that enters my safe room. Check my ego, take a defensive posture, don't need to be a hero.
 
The doors are 5 inch thick wooden doors. Over 100 years old, but also very sturdy and over 8 feet tall. Refinished one last summer and it weighed about 250 lbs. I usually have the motion sensors on but had them off because I unplugged the chime box to vacuum. Won't be doing that again. I miss my old red hound. She was great for those situations. She took a few bears on and came out without even a scratch. Cars...not so well, obviously.

The reason I didn't call 911 was because he was already in the house and I didn't think I had time. Once he was gone, there was no reason to call. A police report is useless when there's no description. Funny what pumping a 12 ga does to them woulda been robbers lmao
 
TheFollower said:
Recently attended a local Citizens Response to Armed Confrontation course where we did role play in the "CRAC House" with Simunition. The course, and gun range, is run by local cops. Well, it was a real eye-opener. I located and took out the BG in the living room only to be nailed from behind by his accomplice who had been hiding in the kitchen. Lesson....protect what is most valuable...barricade and protect my kids. I had left the family in the bedroom while I went hunting. Call the cops and let them clear the house but remain prepared to take out anything that enters my safe room. Check my ego, take a defensive posture, don't need to be a hero.
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This old house is great! We have a hidden stairway inside the wall with three locks and a board. I also have a scary black gun on nails inside it...my kids know how to get there even in pitch black, which it is at night in my house. That's all the info you'll get on that. We've had a few attempted break ins at night, but after I caught one of them they stayed away a while. I suspect that it's the guns they're after since usually you can hear gunfire coming from my property. Not too bright on their part, I don't shoot to wound or scare. If the gun is out and your hands don't go up within 2 seconds, you're dead.
 
tas237 said:
Thankfully you and your children are safe. One mistake though. Always call the police.

It doesn't matter at that point, what they can do to help you. You're safe at that point. It's about alerting law enforcement of a potential threat to the safety of your neighbors & community.
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Are you kidding me? How many stories do you need to read where cops come roaring in, guns drawn, shooting everything that moves? The neighbors and the community need to be responsible for themselves.

There is no situation so screwed up and dangerous but that adding a cop or twenty to it won't make it a whole lot worse.

And, for crying out loud, keep the doors locked... all the time.
 
I had a similar thing happen to me earlier this week, I wasn't home when it happened though. But when I did get home to let my dog out I found a ladder under the bathroom window, with the window ajar and the the lock broken. I don't know what happened but I'm thankful something changed his/her mind. Be safe.
 
C DUDE said:
I had a similar thing happen to me earlier this week, I wasn't home when it happened though. But when I did get home to let my dog out I found a ladder under the bathroom window, with the window ajar and the the lock broken. I don't know what happened but I'm thankful something changed his/her mind. Be safe.
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I would not enter under those circumstances, assuming I saw it before i entered...
 
MamaLiberty said:
Are you kidding me? How many stories do you need to read where cops come roaring in, guns drawn, shooting everything that moves? The neighbors and the community need to be responsible for themselves.

There is no situation so screwed up and dangerous but that adding a cop or twenty to it won't make it a whole lot worse.

And, for crying out loud, keep the doors locked... all the time.
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Good point. Generally, I find its usually always bad to add cops to anything. I can't wait until the St Croix bridge is done and all these morons from Minneapolis and St. paul start using the Stillwater crossing again. I had enough of this crap in NYC.
 
It's good. I give my kid a rocket launcher so he's safe when I scrounge for food and my dragon keeps me safe at night.
 
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