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WyldHrt -> RE: Defended my home (12/7/2009 11:52:44 PM)
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OK..so he thought it was his son...yep lets load a gun in the dark and go check it out....he could have yelled...called the police anything...please lets not go over and over what he did do...and maybe talk what he could have done without rancor.
His son.... or a wild animal that came in through a vent. I don't know if you have ever faced a possibly rabid raccoon or possum, but they can get really pissy (personal experience talking here). That said, the point is that he didn't know what it was, but it was in the room next to where he and his girl were sleeping, down the hall from his young child.
As for yelling... umm, why? If it was his eldest, there wasn't a threat; if it was an animal, it would have done no good unless it was a bunny (ever tried to scare a possum or raccoon by yelling at them? LOL); if it was an armed intruder, you have just given away your position and possibly woken the child down the hall. Not a good idea.
I've already covered calling the police. How do you do that from the next room without the intruder (if there is one) hearing you? It has also been pointed out that if every "strange noise" in a house located in a semi-rural area lead to a 911 call, the cops would be running in circles chasing errant cats and such.
Really, Butch, I just don't think you are seeing the big picture here. You are taking the story backwards, and adding in quite a few assumptions to boot. The worst of those is assuming that someone who breaks into a house in the middle of the night, armed with a gun and a knife, is just looking to take some stuff and run away because he's a "kid". While it might have happened that way, I can think of several other "what ifs" that end in some or all of the family winding up hurt or dead. If you want to take that risk, it's your decision. Some of us disagree.
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