This happened in Northern Virginia area: Late January of 2012 at 1:10am heard one of my cats that is hyper-sensitive to strangers run into the bedroom and go straight under the bed. Shortly after I heard a noise on my rear deck. My wife and I were in the bedroom above the deck. Grabed my pistol, but something told me not to clear the house myself this time but to stand the high ground at the top of the stairwell. This created a protection barrier for my wife and also my daughter sleeping in the other upstairs bedroom.
I shouted "I have a gun, I will shoot you! I am now calling the police!" I was not nervous and kept my words solid. Got the 9-1-1 Call Taker on the phone "My name is blah blah my address is blah blah. I have an active home invasion. I am armed and prepared to defend myself and my family."
Remained on the phone with the call taker until units arrived, she kept telling me to put away my weapon. I politely pointed out for me to get to the front door to open for police I would be passing through an ambush point in my home. AT the time I did not realize the BG had cut the screen and opened my window from the rear deck.
Finally she yells "sir, put the weapon away, police are coming in with a dog!" Well, not going to taken on the police especially a K-9. Told my daughter to stay in her room, the dog was coming in. Locked myself and wife in our bedrooms. Daughter did not hear me, opened her door. K-9 acted but luckily the handler grabbed him off in time.
They told us was safe to come out. They showed me the open window, the meticulously cut out screen and said "guess he did not want to bring his knife to a gun fight, sir"
I am still onguard to this date whenever I hear something out of the ordinary in or outside my house. Wife says I need to talk with someone about it. Main thing is, I am so angered the BG got away with it. Nothing taken and no family injured so that worked out at least.
Question why I held back clearing my house this time? Tht little voice we all get said to keep the high ground advantage.
Why did I not put my gun away right off? Police were not on scene and I did not know where the BG was.
Same cat alerted an attempted home invasion a few weeks ago here in our new home in Arizona. Grabbed shotgun, yelled, I have a shotgun and will use it to defend myself and property. As I was dissarming the alarm I heard the fence rattle. BG got away.
I share my stories only to help others that maybe had same events. Listen to that little voice inside. Who knows, could have been two guys. I could have gone one direction while the BG went the other and got to my family. Had he or they tried to come up the steps that would have ended it for them.
Hope this helpss someone else that still fights with "the BG got away. What if I had just gone down and checked."
I shouted "I have a gun, I will shoot you! I am now calling the police!" I was not nervous and kept my words solid. Got the 9-1-1 Call Taker on the phone "My name is blah blah my address is blah blah. I have an active home invasion. I am armed and prepared to defend myself and my family."
Remained on the phone with the call taker until units arrived, she kept telling me to put away my weapon. I politely pointed out for me to get to the front door to open for police I would be passing through an ambush point in my home. AT the time I did not realize the BG had cut the screen and opened my window from the rear deck.
Finally she yells "sir, put the weapon away, police are coming in with a dog!" Well, not going to taken on the police especially a K-9. Told my daughter to stay in her room, the dog was coming in. Locked myself and wife in our bedrooms. Daughter did not hear me, opened her door. K-9 acted but luckily the handler grabbed him off in time.
They told us was safe to come out. They showed me the open window, the meticulously cut out screen and said "guess he did not want to bring his knife to a gun fight, sir"
I am still onguard to this date whenever I hear something out of the ordinary in or outside my house. Wife says I need to talk with someone about it. Main thing is, I am so angered the BG got away with it. Nothing taken and no family injured so that worked out at least.
Question why I held back clearing my house this time? Tht little voice we all get said to keep the high ground advantage.
Why did I not put my gun away right off? Police were not on scene and I did not know where the BG was.
Same cat alerted an attempted home invasion a few weeks ago here in our new home in Arizona. Grabbed shotgun, yelled, I have a shotgun and will use it to defend myself and property. As I was dissarming the alarm I heard the fence rattle. BG got away.
I share my stories only to help others that maybe had same events. Listen to that little voice inside. Who knows, could have been two guys. I could have gone one direction while the BG went the other and got to my family. Had he or they tried to come up the steps that would have ended it for them.
Hope this helpss someone else that still fights with "the BG got away. What if I had just gone down and checked."