Dixienormas
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I thought I would share my experience of a would be "visitor" last night. Last Night my wife and I hit the sack at about 11:00 pm. After making a door check (to make sure all was locked up tight) we got our 1 month old fed and laid down in his crib in our bed room and was all asleep shortly after 11:00.
It is near the fourth of July so all of the neighborhood kids were setting off fireworks and having a ball for the better part of the evening, although it had all seemed to get quiet by the time we made it to bed.
At about 11:30-11:45 I heard what sounded like someone trying to open our back door by rattling the door handle feverishly. I jumped out of bed to investigate. I have ran through this drill time and time again, always going smoothly....not this time. I had so much adrenaline pumping through my veins I did not know which way was up.
I fumbled to open my bedside safe (finger print-pop open safe) to gain access to my XD-45. After gaining access to my XD I approached the rear of my house in a ready position. I could hear the door knob jingle get louder and louder as I reached the rear of the house. All I could think is "Please go away, I do not want to have to take anyones life tonight."
Just as I reached our dining room the door slowly popped open...I yelled "Door opens any further, I will shoot to kill!" I must have sounded like a 5 year old my voice was trembling so badly. I could hear voices mumbling in a frantic manner soon followed my running and scrambling to leave.
I re-locked the door and did a quick sweep through the house before calling the police. When they arrived the did not find anything or anyone. I am kind of ashamed to admit but there was our spare key, still in the key hole. They must have found it on the back patio in our "hiding spot".
I dont know if it was just neighborhood kids out causing trouble, or if it might have been an honest burglery attempt. I do know that I will be installing a dead bolt tonight as soon as I get home on every door to our house to go along with the normal lock. And there will be no more "hididen spare keys" left outside.
I guess the whole point of my post....you can run through any scenerio you can think of time and time again, but when it comes down to it, you are never truely prepared. When action is needed, you gun gets heavier, your breathing harder, you concentration is there, but it is all a blur.
Yes, if anyone came into my house after I yelled at them I would have not hesitated to shoot....I do have a family to protect. Did I want to??? NO. I didnt sleep at all last night just thinking about what might have happen if things went differently. I guess this is just my little "wake-up" call to myself, and everyone else that might read this.
I thought I would share my experience of a would be "visitor" last night. Last Night my wife and I hit the sack at about 11:00 pm. After making a door check (to make sure all was locked up tight) we got our 1 month old fed and laid down in his crib in our bed room and was all asleep shortly after 11:00.
It is near the fourth of July so all of the neighborhood kids were setting off fireworks and having a ball for the better part of the evening, although it had all seemed to get quiet by the time we made it to bed.
At about 11:30-11:45 I heard what sounded like someone trying to open our back door by rattling the door handle feverishly. I jumped out of bed to investigate. I have ran through this drill time and time again, always going smoothly....not this time. I had so much adrenaline pumping through my veins I did not know which way was up.
I fumbled to open my bedside safe (finger print-pop open safe) to gain access to my XD-45. After gaining access to my XD I approached the rear of my house in a ready position. I could hear the door knob jingle get louder and louder as I reached the rear of the house. All I could think is "Please go away, I do not want to have to take anyones life tonight."
Just as I reached our dining room the door slowly popped open...I yelled "Door opens any further, I will shoot to kill!" I must have sounded like a 5 year old my voice was trembling so badly. I could hear voices mumbling in a frantic manner soon followed my running and scrambling to leave.
I re-locked the door and did a quick sweep through the house before calling the police. When they arrived the did not find anything or anyone. I am kind of ashamed to admit but there was our spare key, still in the key hole. They must have found it on the back patio in our "hiding spot".
I dont know if it was just neighborhood kids out causing trouble, or if it might have been an honest burglery attempt. I do know that I will be installing a dead bolt tonight as soon as I get home on every door to our house to go along with the normal lock. And there will be no more "hididen spare keys" left outside.
I guess the whole point of my post....you can run through any scenerio you can think of time and time again, but when it comes down to it, you are never truely prepared. When action is needed, you gun gets heavier, your breathing harder, you concentration is there, but it is all a blur.
Yes, if anyone came into my house after I yelled at them I would have not hesitated to shoot....I do have a family to protect. Did I want to??? NO. I didnt sleep at all last night just thinking about what might have happen if things went differently. I guess this is just my little "wake-up" call to myself, and everyone else that might read this.
