When some thing goes bump in the night.

[Rich223]

dog

 

[twofifty]

Cheapest would be to buy ice cube trays and shut off the ice machine.

 

[The Bushmaster]

65 lb Staffordshire Bull Terrier. First line of defense in the home. Works for me.

 

[Zoogster]

Obviously, no one here knows all of the details, but it is important for everyone to understand that if someone is imprisoned for shooting someone, it is because the state successfully prosecuted a criminal case and the defendant was convicted of a felony. The defendant has the duty of presenting evidence that such a shooting was justified (that the actor had reason to believe that the shooting was immediately necessary to defend against an imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm), and if he or she fails to do that, he or she cannot expect to prevail in a defense of justification, regardless of what the intruder may or may not claim.

In recent years, the relevant Michigan law has been amended, so that the fact of breaking and entering one's occupied domicile provides a presumption of justification.

Well the law itself can also be improper as well. Which still makes the person guilty of a crime, even when it would be justified to most people.
There is plenty of places in the world where self defense is not recognized, or recognized in a much lower degree.
Laws also change, so someone that was in fact guilty of violating the law when tried was still guilty, but would be innocent under later standards.

All those people guilty of illegal alcohol use during prohibition were still guilty criminals after it was legalized. Even though the law was only overturned because of so many people illegally defying it.
The civil rights movement had blacks illegally protesting, sitting in the wrong places, illegally using the wrong fountains etc
Just as the people in Egypt protesting are criminals, protesting in a place where the very act of protest is a criminal offense.
Under the law any one of them can legally be rounded up, tried, given a fair trial, and convicted for violating the law.
(In fact videos have been used by the government to do exactly that, many of those that were perceived leaders have been arrested, and some remain jailed. Even though they certainly could not arrest them all and do not wish to.)

 

[JDoe]

Da/Sa Beretta, safety off, finger resting under the slide (not on he trigger). But you know it worries me what if I trip or something? How do cops or military train with it?

Avoid pointing your trigger finger straight out parallel to the barrel and point your trigger finger UP more. Now try falling (with an empty gun) and see how hard it is to pull the trigger compared to the old way.

 

[dcdub]

Turning the ice maker off would be a good start. I sleep pretty soundly at night knowing my 130lb Bullmastiff will devour anyone and anything that thinks about coming through a door or window. He's a great family dog as well. I know your wife would fall in love if she saw one of their puppy faces, that's how I got my boy Boone!
Also an alarm system helps, but don't get one of those cheap adt jobs where they switch 2 doors and throw a motion detector in a corner. Get every door and window switched and get some glassbreak detectors, that way no one can get in without setting the alarm off. It might cost a few bucks, but its well worth every penny in my opinion. Even if you don't have the system monitored, it should, at the very least, give you a good idea of where to point the gun.