Zen21Tao
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Friday night was one strange night for a group of friends and I. There were found of us guys at my off-campus apartment.
(Note: firearm ownership is banned on-campus at UF but not off-campus)
At 11:30pm we hear my front door open (yes it was left unlocked) and footsteps as someone walked into my apartment. I drew my .45 from the table and covered the short walkway/hallway leading into my apartment as a friend yelled out asking the person who he was and what he was doing. He responded by asking of the former tenant was here. We told here that she no longer lives here and he left.
Then, at around 3:30am a male approached my screen door (the screen door was closed but the glass door and shades were opened) and began pulling the screen opened and walking into my apartment. I again drew my .45 as 2 of my friends questioned him on what he was doing. Obviously very drunk, he kept mumbling something about wanting to join the party as a sober friend arrived and vehemently apologized for him. He turned out to be a drunk student living in the complex who saw us in my apartment and, thinking we were partying, wanted to introduce himself to us and join the party. His friend escorted him back to their apartment trying to explain to him along the way that he almost got himself shot by trying to walk unannounced into strangers' apartment,
The next morning I read about the 2 grad students shot and killed on campus at LSU during a home invasion and all I could think about my incidents was "thank god I was armed". I was able to respond to both instances by employing a gun without one of the Brady Campaign's feared 'accidental shootings' occuring. I am confident that had either of these instances been a real home invasion, it would've definitely ended in my favor, thanks to my right to be armed.
(Note: firearm ownership is banned on-campus at UF but not off-campus)
At 11:30pm we hear my front door open (yes it was left unlocked) and footsteps as someone walked into my apartment. I drew my .45 from the table and covered the short walkway/hallway leading into my apartment as a friend yelled out asking the person who he was and what he was doing. He responded by asking of the former tenant was here. We told here that she no longer lives here and he left.
Then, at around 3:30am a male approached my screen door (the screen door was closed but the glass door and shades were opened) and began pulling the screen opened and walking into my apartment. I again drew my .45 as 2 of my friends questioned him on what he was doing. Obviously very drunk, he kept mumbling something about wanting to join the party as a sober friend arrived and vehemently apologized for him. He turned out to be a drunk student living in the complex who saw us in my apartment and, thinking we were partying, wanted to introduce himself to us and join the party. His friend escorted him back to their apartment trying to explain to him along the way that he almost got himself shot by trying to walk unannounced into strangers' apartment,
The next morning I read about the 2 grad students shot and killed on campus at LSU during a home invasion and all I could think about my incidents was "thank god I was armed". I was able to respond to both instances by employing a gun without one of the Brady Campaign's feared 'accidental shootings' occuring. I am confident that had either of these instances been a real home invasion, it would've definitely ended in my favor, thanks to my right to be armed.