Home protection… my thoughts.
Home protection: A subject I think all households should consider, no matter how ‘Anti gun’ you are.
Ever since I was a little kid, like many, I was obsessed with cowboys and Indians, rifles, revolvers, etc. Then as I grew older, like many, I became a huge fan of action flicks like ‘Lethal Weapon’ and ‘Die Hard’ series. Then as I got even older, I became a huge military buff. Watching Saving Private Ryan almost every day after middle school, black hawk down was huge for me when it came out. Then of coarse, We Were Soldiers, was even bigger.
Well, I joined the military at the age of 18, and fell in LOVE with guns. I love the sport of shooting, the amount of time it takes to fine tune a shooters skill, and all of the different types of weapons and how those weapons operate, disassemble, and how they are constructed.
So now here we are, it’s 2009, I am 22 years old, due to be married in less than 80 days, and looking into the future of my life, and where I sit currently.
Recently, I heard the 911 sound files from a caller that was subject to a home invasion. There was a man, completely high off pcp, that was banging and slamming himself against a family’s sliding glass door. The father told the kids to run up stairs (two little girls I believe) and lock the door and not to let anyone in. He called the 911 operator and was on the phone with them during this whole scene.
***BANG BANG SMASH BANG BANG*** is all you could hear as the man tried to force himself inside the residence. Knowing that the glass door would soon shatter into a million pieces allowing access to the intruder. The man had enough. He handed the phone to his wife and you could hear ‘Baby talk to the police, I’m going to get the gun’
The man repetitively told the intruder “Sir, I have a gun, you are scaring my family, PLEASE leave”. This went on for about 2 minutes of him begging the intruder to leave and let his family be.
Over the phone the woman began to scream as the intruder located the family’s iron chair/table set on the porch. He picked up a chair, threw it at the door and it started to crack. The husband said ‘SIR!!!! LEAVE US ALONE! I HAVE A GUN’ and all you here is
***SMASH*** as the chair comes flying through the door, and soon followed by the intruder…..
***POP POP POP***
Three shots are fired. The woman is hysterical on the phone, the husband takes it.
“Ma’am, I’ve just shot the man”
“Is he dead”
“He’s not moving any more”
“Sir the police are on their way, they should be there very shortly”
What I fear most in life is this situation. What would of happened had that man not had a gun to protect his home? A man jacked up on PCP is nothing to mess around with. They could all of been murdered. OR WORSE.
Hopefully one day I can sit down with my Fiance’s father and convince him to let me purchase a firearm, for the house. It would only take a few weeks to teach his Wife, and Shannon, how to shoot it. Him and I both being prior military, can operate/maintain/and secure said firearm.
Thoughts?
