NavyLCDR
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You ARE kidding, right?
No, I'm not kidding. Of course, my numbers are uncertain, which is why I suggest using your own numbers to see what you come up with.You ARE kidding, right?
duns said:Engaging the intruder(s) makes sense only if (1) your possessions are more valuable than your life or (2) you feel your risk is not much increased by engaging the intruder(s).
Or you could get blindsided by the intruder and cold cocked with 18 inches of lead pipe. Your gun has been no use to you. No one has been shot. But you have, best case, a serious concussion.NavyLT said:...Typically the person with the most bullets in their body has the highest chance of dying, and I am going to make sure that happens to be the intruder.
NavyLT said:If I am armed with a gun, I am going with option #2 every time. Typically the person with the most bullets in their body has the highest chance of dying, and I am going to make sure that happens to be the intruder.
Oops. My apologies. I mixed up Option 1 and Option 2.fiddletown said:Or you could get blindsided by the intruder and cold cocked with 18 inches of lead pipe. Your gun has been no use to you. No one has been shot. But you have, best case, a serious concussion.
Not quite sure what you mean but I'll try to help.So I'm assuming that after hearing an attempted B&E, if I am standing close to my bedroom door listening to try and place the person inside the house, when I have a good idea where they are and that they are not close to the door, opening the door would be considered clearing the house?....Remember in an earlier post I stated I could see my whole house pretty much from my bedroom door.
When would you ACUALLY call the police? When you first heard something, or after you listen for a while, lay eyes on them, what decides WHEN to call?
Certain? NO! Recon? Not until you are sure it was a false alarm. You do not want to expose yourself to gunfire or someone grabbing or stabbing you and disarming you from the area that 's not within that "pretty much" that you can see.It seems you would have to be certain something was wrong and to be 100% sure you would have to do some type of "recon" if you will.
Didn't the DVD cover the following?: Close the door to your safe room and lock it if possible.
It did have a cool part of how to target someone through a sheetrock wall and make a hit, that was interesting.
There's a reason that the commander that sets an ambush suffers fewer losses than engaging on the open field against unknown forces.
So when he initial arrives, he knows you are in the bedroom. He makes noise so you charge out and then he shoots you.
Get some airsoft and reasonable opponents - have them take up positions in your house and then try to clear them. Otherwise, posturing is worthless.