jimbob1911
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So my girlfriend and I have just moved to the Indianapolis area and we are currently renting a condo. When we finally got all moved in we were informed by the landlord(who has no business being a landlord) that the guy who used to live here was into drugs and was even raided by the police and put in jail for about a month. :banghead: This really pissed me off that he never informed me of this BEFORE we moved in. So we are trying to just stay here long enough to save some money up and buy a house but yesterday was the second time that an unsavory person showed up at the house.
At about 4 in the morning my dog starts going ape **** and then the doorbell starts ringing. I immediately jumped out of bed and grabbed my xd45 put one in the tube and headed downstairs. The g/f starts looking out the upstairs window and says there is no car out there. So I wait a sec and then walk to the door and look out the peephole to see one very edgy looking dude standing there. He continues to wait for at least 3 or 4 minutes before ringing the bell again. Then waits about 5 minutes the whole time the dog is going crazy. Then he walks across the street to the next street of condos/parking and a car comes out and turns toward our place. He passes up the house going toward the back of the subdivision which has no exit and he is driving VERY slow. A few secs later and he comes back our way. Pulls into our street right in front of our house and parks. Gets out and comes back to the door and rings the bell again. He waits about another 5 minutes and then finally gets back in his car and leaves again this time actually leaving the neighborhood.
I have to say that I was very calm the entire time...I had a good position on this guy and had decided that if he started to kick the door or break in somehow that I was going to have to probably shoot him. I have a streamlight on my xd so that was my first choice of action, blinding him. But I have to say that I never had an adrenaline rush or anything. I was thinking clearly the whole time. The only regret that I have was not calling 911. I just figured that this guy would get the point that no one was going to answer the door and leave. If I would have known that he was gonna stick around for so long I would have called. One thing I learned is that the g/f needs to get more training with a weapon of her choice since when I told her to stay in the room with the shotgun she says, " I don't know how to use it"
:banghead: She has used it before but not very often. also pants would be nice since I was in skivies the whole time.
So....Tell me what I did wrong. Should I have annoucned my presence? Said leave the cops are on their way? Said I have a gun? Any suggestions?
At about 4 in the morning my dog starts going ape **** and then the doorbell starts ringing. I immediately jumped out of bed and grabbed my xd45 put one in the tube and headed downstairs. The g/f starts looking out the upstairs window and says there is no car out there. So I wait a sec and then walk to the door and look out the peephole to see one very edgy looking dude standing there. He continues to wait for at least 3 or 4 minutes before ringing the bell again. Then waits about 5 minutes the whole time the dog is going crazy. Then he walks across the street to the next street of condos/parking and a car comes out and turns toward our place. He passes up the house going toward the back of the subdivision which has no exit and he is driving VERY slow. A few secs later and he comes back our way. Pulls into our street right in front of our house and parks. Gets out and comes back to the door and rings the bell again. He waits about another 5 minutes and then finally gets back in his car and leaves again this time actually leaving the neighborhood.
I have to say that I was very calm the entire time...I had a good position on this guy and had decided that if he started to kick the door or break in somehow that I was going to have to probably shoot him. I have a streamlight on my xd so that was my first choice of action, blinding him. But I have to say that I never had an adrenaline rush or anything. I was thinking clearly the whole time. The only regret that I have was not calling 911. I just figured that this guy would get the point that no one was going to answer the door and leave. If I would have known that he was gonna stick around for so long I would have called. One thing I learned is that the g/f needs to get more training with a weapon of her choice since when I told her to stay in the room with the shotgun she says, " I don't know how to use it"
:banghead: She has used it before but not very often. also pants would be nice since I was in skivies the whole time. So....Tell me what I did wrong. Should I have annoucned my presence? Said leave the cops are on their way? Said I have a gun? Any suggestions?
