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Scenario: 10-2004
You are running late for a formal appointment. You hurry home and park your car in the
driveway. You take a shower in the
master bedroom. As you come out of the
shower, you hear the front doorbell ring.
Putting on a robe, you go to the front door and see a man walking toward
the street that passes your house. He
is walking away from your front door and toward a van where two other men are
loitering. The men by the van cross the
street. One walks across your yard and
disappears around the corner by the master bedroom. The other two walk across the yard toward where you parked your
car. You see one at the side door of your house. He uses a foot long screwdriver to instantly force the door
open. He quickly enters the door. His partner passes the rear window headed
for the rear door. You can see that he
has a Smith & Wesson semiautomatic pistol in his hand. You hear the rear door being forced. The guy with the screwdriver sees you but is
undeterred. He calls to his associate
that you are at home. You have verbally
warned them that you are armed and that they should leave. They do not hesitate or obey your
warning. Eight seconds have passed
since you first saw the man walking away from your front door.
Carefully
consider how you keep the armament in your home and where it would be under the
circumstances stated.
“Home Alone” Response
By: Bart
I usually do not answer the door armed when I'm
just out of the shower. Based upon what
I know, I need to get to the bedroom, where I keep a cocked-and-locked 1911,
first, before I am entangled with thug #2 (screwdriver). I would probably
have to deploy it from a very unusual shooting position in order to get to it
quickly. It is not in a safe or a nightstand
but in a polyester cover underneath my bed, next to a surefire E2.
I might have to put something in between myself and
#2, a small coffee table, on my way to the bedroom, and pray that I direct my
rounds where they count the most in stopping him.
I do not have a reload handy - eight rounds total, so I must deal with #2 and
move on to greet #3 at the back door. This makes me re-think my current
options. I had no qualms about my Glock
sitting bare on in the same spot, and had some comfort in round count with
multiple attackers; but I've since sold that firearm.
I may re-employ my shotgun, or an AR carbine simply
rigged. An 870 with a pistol-grip would
be awfully reassuring right about now.
Due to my current living space (792 square feet) I have few options as
to where to leave a loaded weapon.