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idaho man shoots home intruder who was armed with machette -video
- Thread starter NosePicker
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Maverick9
Regular Member
He'll be upgrading to a balsawood door after that incident. Love how he eases over and puts the chain on as an afterthought.
davidmcbeth
Banned
Nah, he'll just put a "No Machete" sign up ...
JoeSparky
Centurion
It seems to me it was the left foot and leg that was the offending implement allowing entry into the dwelling. The perp was only using the machete for a counterbalance in my view of the video!
cloudcroft
Campaign Veteran
The door appeared to be an INTERIOR door, not designed for use as EXTERIOR door. Maybe the landlord cheaped-out on construction as interior doors cost way less than exterior doors.
Interior doors are very much like what you saw in the video: Usually just 2 layers (1 front and 1 back) of very thin luan plywood on a door frame and hollow inside.
They're often called "hollow-core doors" vs. "solid-core doors" used for external/outside wall doors. You aren't kicking through a solid-core door easily...the lock/door jamb would go first.
At least the "victims" let the guy come into the room and identified the target rather than just blindly shooting through the door (not a good idea even if you're SURE who is on the other side). Plus, with the assailant THAT close, he certainly was "a clear and present danger."
Good shoot.
Whatever, the landlord will have to replace the "cardboard" door NOW, won't he...
They just don't build doors like they used to. I had to use an axe. -- Jack Torrance
Interior doors are very much like what you saw in the video: Usually just 2 layers (1 front and 1 back) of very thin luan plywood on a door frame and hollow inside.
They're often called "hollow-core doors" vs. "solid-core doors" used for external/outside wall doors. You aren't kicking through a solid-core door easily...the lock/door jamb would go first.
At least the "victims" let the guy come into the room and identified the target rather than just blindly shooting through the door (not a good idea even if you're SURE who is on the other side). Plus, with the assailant THAT close, he certainly was "a clear and present danger."
Good shoot.
Whatever, the landlord will have to replace the "cardboard" door NOW, won't he...
They just don't build doors like they used to. I had to use an axe. -- Jack Torrance
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Kopis
Regular Member
this would have averted the whole crisis!