It's 3am, and you awake to the sound of glass shattering

boatBurner

boatBurner

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What do you do?

With the recent discussions about the morality of violence and the critiquing of law enforcement, I'm curious how you guys (think) you would handle a break-in.

Already have a plan? Handgun under the bed? Call the police? Duck out in a hiding spot, and wait for it to pass? Say the magic word to Prince, your 200lb rottweiler?

Do you live with family members or room mates?

How would you handle being shaken awake by the unmistakable sound of a window shattering in your current living situation? What if you heard a follow-on of the frantic shuffling of feet, unable to tell if it's multiple intruders or just one cracked out adult?

Would you just tell Jeff to stop drinking and go back to sleep?

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I have metal bars on my windows. He would have to saw thru them to get through the broken window, so i would probably make popcorn and watch him saw thru the bars.

I live in a shitty area, on the first floor, so it's normal to have bars on windows here. Ghetto4ever!
 
All depends on how my dogs reacted. If there was actual danger, I'd know about it through their voice, well before the guy(s) even made it through the front door.

I have a baseball bat in the bedroom at the house, but doubt it'd ever be needed. The dogs can be quite convincing when they're scared, so people would see them, then decide it's in their best interest to go rob a different house.
 
I go down stairs and greet them like this...

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I got a baseball bat for these kinds of situations. Will probably never need to use it though since I'm in a very safe city
 
Assuming a pole vaulting, dog whispering, contortionist burglar got over the wall, past the dogs and through the bars on my windows and doors? I'd probably congratulate them before I taze them, shoot them at point blank range and feed them to my dogs.

No joke, I have spikes and barbed wire on my perimeter wall. This is Mexico, everyone over the age of eight knows how to use an AK.
 
A similar enough scenario happened to me a few years back. I told the girlfriend unit to call 911 and went to confront the guy with the .22 I keep by the bed. He was barely through the window when I got into the kitchen where he was trying to get in, and he ran off when I gave him the ol, "WHAT THE FUCK MOTHERFUCKER." They didn't catch the guy or anything.
 
potentialeight said:
A similar enough scenario happened to me a few years back. I told the girlfriend unit to call 911 and went to confront the guy with the .22 I keep by the bed. He was barely through the window when I got into the kitchen where he was trying to get in, and he ran off when I gave him the ol, "WHAT THE FUCK MOTHERFUCKER." They didn't catch the guy or anything.
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a .22 ? What were you gunna do, tickle him with the bullets?
 
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a .22 ? What were you gunna do, tickle him with the bullets?
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While I agree that for personal defense, a .22 isn't great, I will say, if you talk to trauma surgeons, they'll tell you a .22 is one of the worst rounds to get shot with because it doesn't go through your body. It ricochets inside your body damaging a bunch of internal organs and doesn't always exit.

The subhuman John Hinckley, Jr. paralyzed James Brady, injured two others, and almost killed President Ronald Reagan with a 22 revolver.
 
BabyGotBacklink said:
Assuming a pole vaulting, dog whispering, contortionist burglar got over the wall, past the dogs and through the bars on my windows and doors? I'd probably congratulate them before I taze them, shoot them at point blank range and feed them to my dogs.

No joke, I have spikes and barbed wire on my perimeter wall. This is Mexico, everyone over the age of eight knows how to use an AK.
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Hell, I thought you were living in Bin Laden's old compound in Abbottabad for a second.
 
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