I had to 'defend' my home.

[ARCman47]

C’est moi?

Lol. No not you

 

[cmshoot]

Lol. No not you

Whew!



LOL

 

[Cadcom]

Lol. No not you

At least you got him speaking French. Make him do it again!

 

[cmshoot]

At least you got him speaking French. Make him do it again!

I nearly exhausted my French right there.

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

QUOTE: -I did not physically hear my wife, children, or my brother calling my name due to sheer adrenaline/fear/whatever. If there were LE present I doubt I would have heard/obeyed orders. If someone came in the back door while I went out front I doubt I would have heard my family holler.

That's scary stuff. Auditory exclusion. It could happen to any of us in a self-defense situation or other emergency.
https://www.leelofland.com/auditory-exclusion-a-defense-for-deadly-force/

https://www.officer.com/tactical/fi...tunnel-vision-and-auditory-exclusion-are-real

"According to Yantis and the researchers, “When attention is deployed to one modality, it necessarily extracts a cost on another modality. The brain can’t simultaneously give full attention to both.”

 

[BanjoJohn]

I don't think I'll be calling the cops while I was armed, I'll wait until the dust settles. Cops have been known to show up shooting anybody that's armed, or appear to be armed, which is acceptable in most cases.
Paid admin leave, promotion, business as usual.
Worst case scenario, the cop gets fired from a low paying thankless job.

 

[ItBeMe]

Well if that happened at my house when i would have opened that door my dog would have pushed my old ass out of the way and would have had him for lunch.

 

[zipcode]

This happened to me some weeks ago and I have been meaning to share it to be able to lend a thought process to those who take home defense seriously; as I was caught off guard by the experience. First a summary, then an evaluation.

I was asleep in bed with wife and at about 1 am I heard gunshots that sounded like they were coming from inside my home. I sprung up, and grabbed my piece from my nightstand. It was a DA/SA HK at the time and I remember that I cocked the hammer, finger off the trigger. First thing I did was yell at my wife to cal the police. Which she did not do; for reasons that are beyond me. I left my room and went across the hall to the boys room where it sounded like the gunfire was coming from. They were startling and beginning to hoop and holler. I could see a figure outside their window and the firing was definitely coming from outside their window. I drew on the the window and went to fire but I did not due to my children running to me. I shooed both boys back into my bedroom and shut the door. I ran to the front door (shooting was in front yard) and opened it, walked out front broad-side with a shooting stance and did an assessment. The front porch light was on and my whole body was outside the door frame. I noticed immediately that the gunshots were colored, and they were coming from the ground (My 3/4 O'clock). It was fireworks. When I saw that the "I'm being attacked" factor just instantly dropped. I remember I lost all my primal instincts and I felt like the hulk coming back down. I immediately heard someone yelling my name from the drive way (my 9 O'clock) My brother came home from the navy on a late flight and lit fireworks in my yard and was walking towards me laughing, saying chill out, calm down, etc. There was a serious family fight as the whole situation was incredibly immature, dangerous, and upsetting to neighbors and children. Wife was furious. This is typical s*** from my family and is to be expected; but that did cross the line

Looking back I like to analyze the things I did wrong.
-My wife did not dial the police, which I scolded her for afterwards.
-I should have spent more time securing my family, and hunkering down in my household.
-I should not have gone outside
-I did not have cover outside
-I should not have walked my whole body outside
-I did not physically hear my wife, children, or my brother calling my name due to sheer adrenaline/fear/whatever. If there were LE present I doubt I would have heard/obeyed orders. If someone came in the back door while I went out front I doubt I would have heard my family holler.

Feel free to enjoy the read, consider the circumstances, and critique the performance (or lack there of). Have a plan, make sure if you know you/loved ones are safe you make a conscious decision to engage/cover/whatever and plot your moves before moving.

 

[zipcode]

man shot by LEO inside his home holding weapon. LEO fired through the window. Fake 911 call from estranged person. Walker Co.

 

[Jblue]

man shot by LEO inside his home holding weapon. LEO fired through the window. Fake 911 call from estranged person. Walker Co.

What a shameful waste of life