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In reply to the discussion: a guy broke into my sister's house [View all]AnneD
(15,774 posts)we were young kids visiting my Aunt and Uncle in the Cherokee Nation. We were sleeping on pallets on the floor. Late in the night, the door flew open (this was the country where doors were seldom locked) and this huge man barged in, bumped into some furniture and began cussing very loudly in Cherokee.
Uncle came in to see what the fuss was and the man got really upset. It took a while for my Uncle to reason with the man. This bear of a man was drunk and thought he was at his house. He though bad things about my Uncle until all of us kids started waking up and peeking out from under the quilts. My uncle drove him home and told him we would bring his truck over first thing in the morning.
Now Uncle had guns in the house, but they were not always the first line of defense against humans.
edited to add I had a confused elderly woman walk into my house thinking it was hers. I gave her some food and water trying to detain her until the police arrived to help her. It ended well, but again. I had a weapon, but I never even thought of defending myself with it. She was a poor confused elderly woman for goodness sake. All that was required was a cool head.