cautiously answering a door knock
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A one way film over the side window facing the door didn't cost much & acts like a full sized peep hole. There are large 1 1/2" fisheye type peepholes that allow you to see out from a safe distance.
A one way film over the side window facing the door didn't cost much & acts like a full sized peep hole. There are large 1 1/2" fisheye type peepholes that allow you to see out from a safe distance.
If I didn't peep into it it would just be a hole.
I feel I wouldn't be getting my money's worth out of it.
I feel I wouldn't be getting my money's worth out of it.
I stopped at a Ruby Tuesday's in Cullman for lunch once several years ago on the way back from Pensacola Beach. The only Ruby Tuesday's I've ever been in that didn't sell beer. My vision of the community has been colored thereafter . . .
"Gentlemen"? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Over?
I always have my Glock 19 on my hip in an IWB so I'm armed whenever I answer the door. I live in a pretty nice neighborhood so when an unexpected knock isn't my neighbor, I'm always a little cautious.
We also live in a very low crime area and honestly do not carry in the house or yard. We do however have a fenced in yard (5 acres) with four dogs that are for the most part friendly but don't let anyone in if they don't know them. And even if they know them they don't always let them in. We have shotguns behind each door (3) and also have plenty of handguns on bedside tables and others strategically placed throughout the house.
If we are not home, good luck getting past our dogs, if we are home and mean mischief, good luck getting past us.
If we are not home, good luck getting past our dogs, if we are home and mean mischief, good luck getting past us.
Yes, if I have an unexpected visitor I answer the door with a gun in my hip pocket, unseen by the person.
I let my wife answer the door. 
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Several years ago, someone knocked on my door at 9:30 at night. I live in a big city. Two "yutes" were standing there - maybe 17 years old when I cracked the door, they started eyeing each other, you could tell deciding when to come in at me. I opened the door another 4 inches and they saw the revolver in my hand, down by my side. They took off like scalded cats.
We live in a good neighborhood too, but any time someone knocks on my door unexpectedly I open it with my left hand - 'cause my right hand is in my front pants pocket - wrapped around the grip of whatever gun I have in that pocket at the moment.
The other day it was my 18 year old. He'd left his keys at home. When I opened the door he looked me up and down and you could see the realization of why my hand was in my pocket cross his face. He looked me in the eye and said "Really?!?"
I said, "Yeah REALLY - you damn straight!" Just the way it is these days.
I think I need to install one of those peep-holes in my front door....
The other day it was my 18 year old. He'd left his keys at home. When I opened the door he looked me up and down and you could see the realization of why my hand was in my pocket cross his face. He looked me in the eye and said "Really?!?"
I said, "Yeah REALLY - you damn straight!" Just the way it is these days.
I think I need to install one of those peep-holes in my front door....
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rburg
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I get way too many knocks at the door. I hate them, day or night. Some pretty darn late at night. I stopped answering them with a 1911, I just use a J frame these days. We've discovered my wife is incapable of dialing 911. I have no idea why, maybe she's flustered, afraid, or just doesn't want to, I don't know. It shifts a lot more responsibility to me.
I don't now why people feel its OK to knock late at night (after dark). I stand in line with the opening. I'm pretty sure if someone planted a good kick at the door, they might knock me off balance, or they might get shot. I'll play that game.
On to the Rusty1953 problem. It doesn't matter if you've got a dog or even 2, or a multitude of cats. You're going down as in hitting the floor. With the dogs, they'l knock you over trying to eat the intruder. The cats will knock you down trying to save themselves. Same end result. Its all up to you. If you think you're going to get help, you're in trouble.
I don't now why people feel its OK to knock late at night (after dark). I stand in line with the opening. I'm pretty sure if someone planted a good kick at the door, they might knock me off balance, or they might get shot. I'll play that game.
On to the Rusty1953 problem. It doesn't matter if you've got a dog or even 2, or a multitude of cats. You're going down as in hitting the floor. With the dogs, they'l knock you over trying to eat the intruder. The cats will knock you down trying to save themselves. Same end result. Its all up to you. If you think you're going to get help, you're in trouble.
PPS1980
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Funny. I got precisely the same one word response from my 16yo when we had the same encounter.
Cullman is an interesting place.
Home of Big Jim Folsom in his later years.
We used to buy seed sweet potatoes near Cullman.
I wish I could remember the farmer's name we bought
them from.
It was a 550 mile-plus round trip, but we would make it in one day.
Sometimes we would go in two pickups, hauling abought 3000
pounds of taters in each 3/4 ton truck. This was early 70s.
Met some good folks up there.
Home of Big Jim Folsom in his later years.
We used to buy seed sweet potatoes near Cullman.
I wish I could remember the farmer's name we bought
them from.
It was a 550 mile-plus round trip, but we would make it in one day.
Sometimes we would go in two pickups, hauling abought 3000
pounds of taters in each 3/4 ton truck. This was early 70s.
Met some good folks up there.
I always call before visiting after dark and so do my friends so if I get a knock on the door you can bet a pistol goes with me. No reason to think I'll need it, but it doesn't hurt to have it, too. During daylight hours I'm likely to be less vigilant. Probably shouldn't be. 
Complications...
My son is 17 and is coming and going along with his friends day and night. He often works late and gets with his friends afterward. Some of them I know on sight, others no. I tell him to call me when he expects somebody but that doesn't always happen. He's either in the back or in his upstairs room. Sometimes I'm able to raise him, but that doesn't happen all the time either. I try to be cautious. My dogs raise holy hell anytime somebody comes to the door so that adds to the confusion. Maybe three good sized dogs barking would be a deterrent to anybody coming in unannounced.
I'm sitting on my Shield right now, I probably should be carrying it.
My son is 17 and is coming and going along with his friends day and night. He often works late and gets with his friends afterward. Some of them I know on sight, others no. I tell him to call me when he expects somebody but that doesn't always happen. He's either in the back or in his upstairs room. Sometimes I'm able to raise him, but that doesn't happen all the time either. I try to be cautious. My dogs raise holy hell anytime somebody comes to the door so that adds to the confusion. Maybe three good sized dogs barking would be a deterrent to anybody coming in unannounced.
I'm sitting on my Shield right now, I probably should be carrying it.
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Well, I'm gonna go way out on a limb here with a wild guess (aka a WAG) and say that ol' Rusty was probably pulling our leg with the thing about the cats.
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Eko my 85 pound German Shepherd will beat me to the door and greet anyone there before I could get there .. If its one of the kids or grandkids or my brother her tone changes to a Pet Me .. Pet me whine .. if it were to be a stranger her tone would change to a deeper bark and growl till I tell her to stand down .. but I carry 24/7 except while sleeping .. and then its within an arms reach ..
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