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In the discussion thread: Poll: Home invasions and the fear thereof. [View all]

Sat Jan 19, 2013, 07:38 PM

rgbecker (2,208 posts)

33. I had a guy bust open my front door and come into the hallway and start into our bedroom.

I pretty much slept through it but my smart wife, who woke up, started shouting out guys' names to make the guy think the place was full of people ready to let the intruder have it. That woke me up, as I thought some old friends of hers had showed up for a party! By the time I figured out what was going on the intruder left, wandering off into the snow. The police thought maybe the guy was a little tipsy and maybe used to live in the place and got confused.

I kept a 22 to shoot pigeons off the cornice of the house but never dreamed of using it on people. Glad it wasn't handy, nevertheless.

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64 replies	Author	Time	Post
Poll: Home invasions and the fear thereof. [View all]	rgbecker	Jan 2013	OP
Sorry, I don't have any more fear of home invasion than a fire. I have insurance for a fire...	Eleanors38	Jan 2013	#1
Hey, Eleanors!	Drunken Irishman	Jan 2013	#2
We have something in common! Lack of fear (except for that 64 yr. old's urge to piss).	Eleanors38	Jan 2013	#6
I have had a home invasion.	yellerpup	Jan 2013	#3
OMG.	renate	Jan 2013	#7
I never kept the gun loaded.	yellerpup	Jan 2013	#11
I am curious	sarisataka	Jan 2013	#9
I believe he was tipped off as to where I kept it.	yellerpup	Jan 2013	#15
Sounds like he had inside info	sarisataka	Jan 2013	#17
Thanks, sarisataka.	yellerpup	Jan 2013	#24
I'm glad you are OK. Your experience is not unusual.	stevenleser	Jan 2013	#27
This message was self-deleted by its author	yellerpup	Jan 2013	#35
I lived in a red state then.	yellerpup	Jan 2013	#39
I am prepared.	bluerum	Jan 2013	#4
I would call it more	sarisataka	Jan 2013	#5
I wasn't thinking of a "no knock warrant" or "SWAT raid" as something anyone was arming for....	rgbecker	Jan 2013	#13
The police do not bother me	sarisataka	Jan 2013	#16
You didn't mention keeping a weapon.	rgbecker	Jan 2013	#18
I am a licensed carrier	sarisataka	Jan 2013	#23
I don't fear a home invasion--but, otoh, I don't think one need fear it to wish to be prepared	fishwax	Jan 2013	#8
The town in which I live now I'm related to about	Coolest Ranger	Jan 2013	#10
I have a very loyal mastiff	Recursion	Jan 2013	#12
You gotta love "Man's best friend".	rgbecker	Jan 2013	#14
I read an interesting journal article about co-evolution	Recursion	Jan 2013	#49
Nothing worse than being drooled to death. nt	rrneck	Jan 2013	#22
I say that ("she might drool you to death", etc.)	Recursion	Jan 2013	#48
I have guns because I'm too lazy to get rid of them	rustydog	Jan 2013	#19
Fear? Nah.	rrneck	Jan 2013	#20
I had an attempted home invasion in Queens	HockeyMom	Jan 2013	#21
If anyone broke into my house.....	llmart	Jan 2013	#25
i have a very protective dog	madrchsod	Jan 2013	#26
i've had a home invasion	shanti	Jan 2013	#28
I had a guy bust open my front door and come into the hallway and start into our bedroom.	rgbecker	Jan 2013	#33
Someone broke into my house twice. I live along a 2 lane main highway. So none of the options fit.	appleannie1	Jan 2013	#29
So you're saying you don't fear an invasion because you have the shotgun?	rgbecker	Jan 2013	#32
The first time whoever it was was in the attached garage going through tool boxes. I stood	appleannie1	Jan 2013	#37
I don't fear them but I know people it has happened to	madville	Jan 2013	#30
Wow, that's a story!	rgbecker	Jan 2013	#31
The intruder had it	madville	Jan 2013	#43
If a home invasion is not within the realm of possibility, are you deceased? nt	raccoon	Jan 2013	#34
Well, as I said, I live in a heavenly place where stuff like that never happens to people like me.	rgbecker	Jan 2013	#36
I live in the country. It can happen anywhere	appleannie1	Jan 2013	#38
Could be your location on a busy road attracts folks who see an easy target.	rgbecker	Jan 2013	#41
I live in the boonies.	nick of time	Jan 2013	#40
Well secured home (deadbolts and rear entry fence) and an alert dog AND	elfin	Jan 2013	#42
Home invasions are not random events.	MrSlayer	Jan 2013	#44
exactly, that's it!	shanti	Jan 2013	#47
Excuse me - but bullshit.	Matariki	Jan 2013	#59
In general, I'm right.	MrSlayer	Jan 2013	#61
I'd like to hear more about your Home invasion.	rgbecker	Jan 2013	#62
We don't worry about it	union_maid	Jan 2013	#45
Aren't home invaders afraid of libruls with dogs?	undeterred	Jan 2013	#46
I'm wondering when the term 'home invasion' became current. We used to just say 'burglary'.	HiPointDem	Jan 2013	#50
Good question! Here's some definitions from Dictionary.com	rgbecker	Jan 2013	#53
"Home invasion" is a burglary when you're there (nt)	Recursion	Jan 2013	#54
yes, i know. perhaps you could address my question, though.	HiPointDem	Jan 2013	#55
In my anecodtal experience, the mid 1990's	Recursion	Jan 2013	#56
One neighbor had one. I'm not in fear of one.	Igel	Jan 2013	#51
I don't think it's fear 'cause if it was we'd move away from here	tularetom	Jan 2013	#52
The only home invasion I truly fear	Warpy	Jan 2013	#57
Been through that.	Matariki	Jan 2013	#58
I don't even lock the doors.	Kaleva	Jan 2013	#60
I guess there are a few of us left in America.	rgbecker	Jan 2013	#63
I suggest you and the other poster read IN COLD BLOOD.	raccoon	Jan 2013	#64

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