It's unsettleing to come home with a door open.

[flip180]

Especially after comming home from watching a scarry movie (war of the worlds). I just got home to find my kitchen door open. My kitchen door is one of two doors in my house that exits to my porch. I live in an old peer and beam house that changes it's shape everytime it rains. Apparently it is now my kitchen door that won't latch with out lifting up on the handle. I thought I locked it on the way out. I guess I didn't. I have cats that have access to the porch through a pet door on the other door that leads out to the porch. I guess they nudged on the kitchen door just enough to crack it open. Let's just say I was alone being as though my wife was on the way to her parent's house to pick up our 11 month old daughter. I've done CQB training in the military but it is different when there are four heavily armed and highly trained men in your team. I knew the probability of there being anyone in the house was next to nill but, that didn't stop my anxiety. The thing that really set me off was my cats. They were acting really skittish when I came in. I'm glad that I had at least my G26 with me. It's not an CAR-15 (yes I said Car-15) with a 3+1 round 870 attached underneath the barrel but, it was better than nothing and reassuring to have it with me.

Flip.

 

[Greg L]

Yes it is, however in my case it usually means a neighborhood trek though various backyards to round up the dogs who went out "visiting" (luckily I know right where they go 90+% of the time. One guy 3-4 doors down has llamas & they go down there to sit by the fence to try to figure out just what those things are ). However there are also two dogs who won't leave no matter what & act like Eddie Haskel "See, we were just sitting here the whole time being good. It was the others that knocked over the garbage & took off. Can we have a cookie?). If those two are missing then I go into red alert & know that something could be going on.

They eat a lot, bark at nothing, shed everywhere & other doggie things - but it is comforting to know that 500+ pounds of dogs are keeping an eye on things when we aren't around.

 

[CAS700850]

I came home from work to an open door once. Did the "tacti-cool" sneak up to the door, and called for the wife. No response. Look into the garage, he car wasn't there. Did the "tacti-cool" entry, weapon drawn at low ready, and searched the house only to find wife and her friend one the back deck sunning. They didn't hear me. Friend drove, and I didn't recognize her car out on the street. They had a really slow afternoon, went out for a meeting "car-pooled) and just stopped by for sun and drinks. Wife was embarassed. Friend was very cool, and asked for help learning to shoot and choosing a gun.

The dorr being open? THey hadn't closed it tighly, and the wind blew it open.

 

[ctdonath]

While living alone in a quiet semi-isolated house in the country, the garage door opener spontaniously decided to open. I became keenly aware that no weapons were at hand.

The idea of armed self-defense demands that weapons be on hand at all times. One does not fully comprehend this until one wants a weapon right now this instant. Doors opening suddenly when there is no reason for them to can have this effect.

 

[cpileri]

nevermind the title of this thread...

" CAR-15 (yes I said Car-15) with a 3+1 round 870 attached underneath the barrel "


So, you're gonna post a pic of that aren't you?????
C-

 

[chris in va]

Happened to me as well. My front door was notorious for not latching properly if it wasn't slammed, and I suspected my friend's kid didn't pull hard enough.

I called the cops anyway and they searched the townhouse for me. No gremlins, just my two cats. They actually commended me on calling instead of searching myself.

 

[armedandsafe]

One day, when I was living in San Diego (many years ago,) I came home to see the neighbor's back door standing open, both of their cars were gone. I went into my place and called the police. Dispatch was not very interested and said she would have someone come by "to talk with me" in the next hour or so.

Without laying down the phone, I spoke to the wife, "Get the shotgun and load it with the buckshot. I want you to watch my back while I clear xxx's house." I then spoke to the phone again, "I'll call you back after I have checked it out." Then I hung up and commanded the wife not to answer the phone until I returned.

I then went out to the carport and sat on the bike, watching the communal driveway. Within two minutes, there were three squad cars pulled up and five officers piled out to clear out the neighbor's house, fully armed and armored. They came back out with a couple of local gang members and drove off with them. The squad leader of the team tried to chew me out for my telephone tactics, while praising me for calling me in. His big grin kinda took the sting out of his chewing out.

Pops

 

[flip180]

"So, you're gonna post a pic of that aren't you?????
C-"

I wish I could but, it's been about ten years since I've seen or held on while in the Army. If I find a pic I'll post one for you. It's not that much different of a set-up than an M-203.

Flip.

 

[Polishrifleman]

I have a habit of backing my rig toward the garage when loading it up for an outing and then driving off forgetting to press the button and close it as I pull out leaving access to my garage and house.

Such an event occured yesterday. Leave house for the lake at 9am return at 10pm to find garage wide open (holy #@$%) pull around the couldesac not into the driveway. I get out and the wife moves into the drivers seat with cell phone in hand and engine running. I go in and clear the garage nothing is out of place and the power tools are still on the rack with a slight sense of relief I enter the house and clear it thankfully nothing done but man does it get you going.

 

[flip180]

I ended up fixing both the front and kitchen door today. I had to work this last weekend (friday, saturday, sunday) and couldn't get around to it until today. Before today, I could still lock both doors. I just had to lift up on the handle when closing the doors. Now they shut, latch and lock nice and easy. That's until it rains again :banghead: . Don't you just love old houses .

Flip.

 

[Ghost Walker]

Wow! You're very brave. Under the same circumstances (especially with the cats acting skittish) I sure as heck wouldn't have entered the house without doing a thorough search of the outside perimeter and looking through a few windows first. Oh, yeah, and I didn't read the words, 'gun safe' anywhere in your post. Surely you don't have to worry about coming home and facing your own weapons - do you?

 

[flip180]

I think hind sight is 20/20.

If I had to do it all over again; I would have let the dogs in first. I thought about it that night. No, I din't have a plan for that sort of thing but, I do now. Now my doag aren't attack dog by any mean. I have a 7 pound terrier that will bark at her own shadow and an 80 pound yellow lab that will love you to death. If there was somebody or some thing in my house the next tome, I'd just had to look for the guy getting licked to death by my lab and barked at at the same time by terrier.

Flip.