Rockrivr1
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I've always thought that if trouble comes to my front door I would be prepared for it. I was very very wrong.
After work last night I went and shot IDPA at my local club and had a great time. I usually go home after, clean up the gun and call it a night. Last night though some of us went out and grabed a beer and some dinner after the shooting was done. Because of that I got home late and started to clean my gun, but didn't finish it and left it on my workbench in the basement.
I just recently moved into a very small townhouse complex that only has 11 units and is very much off the beaten path, so to say it gets dark outside at night is an understatment. This was one of the highlights of buying the place.
Well last night at 2AM my doorbell rings. Of course me and the girlfriend sit straight up in bed. Still groggy I walk to the front upstairs bedroom, which looks down on the front door and nobody's there. I look around outside the window and everything is dark and nobody seems to be around. So I walk downstairs, turn on the outside light and go to the open window a few feet away from the door and say "Hello?" Of course nobody answers. I leave the front light on and go back to bed.
10 minutes later the doorbell rings again, Twice!! Ok, so now my girlfriend is freaking out. I jump out of bed and think DAMN my gun is in the basement. I run to the front bedroom window and again no one is there. Ok the girlfriends freaking out now has me very jumpy. I run my butt down to the basement, slap my gun back together, load a mag and run back upstairs. Of course now, every creep or crack of the house has me thinking someone is inside. In total dufus fashion I scream out " If someone is in the house your about to have a REALLY F*&@ing bad day." I turn on every light in the house and do a sweeping drill to make sure me and the girlfriend is alone.
Now had this been an actual break-in I would of been screwed. Especially if the bad guy went to the basement and got my gun before I knew he/she was in the house. Stupid of me. Really stupid. I went to bed thinking it was probably just some punk kids getting a good laugh at me. Of course I shut and locked all the downstairs windows before going up to bed. In hindsight I probably should of called the cops.
This morning, I walk outside and what do I see. The control box to my garage door opener is wide open. CRAP!!! Someone must of been pressing the codes to try and open it as I've never opened it myself. Of course the girlfriend see this as well and now she's really freaked. I'm going to call my local PD this morning to report it, not expecting this to go anywhere, but might as well let it be known to them.
The bedroom tonight will have my handgun and my shotgun loaded and ready. Anyone have any other suggestions. I was actually thinking of boobytrapping the doorbell, but I can just see myself getting sued because some kid got an electric shock.
Now I'm pissed off and damned tired as sleep was not happening after that.
After work last night I went and shot IDPA at my local club and had a great time. I usually go home after, clean up the gun and call it a night. Last night though some of us went out and grabed a beer and some dinner after the shooting was done. Because of that I got home late and started to clean my gun, but didn't finish it and left it on my workbench in the basement.
I just recently moved into a very small townhouse complex that only has 11 units and is very much off the beaten path, so to say it gets dark outside at night is an understatment. This was one of the highlights of buying the place.
Well last night at 2AM my doorbell rings. Of course me and the girlfriend sit straight up in bed. Still groggy I walk to the front upstairs bedroom, which looks down on the front door and nobody's there. I look around outside the window and everything is dark and nobody seems to be around. So I walk downstairs, turn on the outside light and go to the open window a few feet away from the door and say "Hello?" Of course nobody answers. I leave the front light on and go back to bed.
10 minutes later the doorbell rings again, Twice!! Ok, so now my girlfriend is freaking out. I jump out of bed and think DAMN my gun is in the basement. I run to the front bedroom window and again no one is there. Ok the girlfriends freaking out now has me very jumpy. I run my butt down to the basement, slap my gun back together, load a mag and run back upstairs. Of course now, every creep or crack of the house has me thinking someone is inside. In total dufus fashion I scream out " If someone is in the house your about to have a REALLY F*&@ing bad day." I turn on every light in the house and do a sweeping drill to make sure me and the girlfriend is alone.
Now had this been an actual break-in I would of been screwed. Especially if the bad guy went to the basement and got my gun before I knew he/she was in the house. Stupid of me. Really stupid. I went to bed thinking it was probably just some punk kids getting a good laugh at me. Of course I shut and locked all the downstairs windows before going up to bed. In hindsight I probably should of called the cops.
This morning, I walk outside and what do I see. The control box to my garage door opener is wide open. CRAP!!! Someone must of been pressing the codes to try and open it as I've never opened it myself. Of course the girlfriend see this as well and now she's really freaked. I'm going to call my local PD this morning to report it, not expecting this to go anywhere, but might as well let it be known to them.
The bedroom tonight will have my handgun and my shotgun loaded and ready. Anyone have any other suggestions. I was actually thinking of boobytrapping the doorbell, but I can just see myself getting sued because some kid got an electric shock.
Now I'm pissed off and damned tired as sleep was not happening after that.