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<blockquote data-quote="David2012" data-source="post: 1833641" data-attributes="member: 24428"><p>OP, sounds like you dodged the proverbial bullet.... always better not to have to pull the trigger on someone. Replacing or reparing a door can be a whole lot cheaper in the long run than dealing with the aftermath of a shooting.. even if no one is injured or killed.</p><p></p><p>Like many of the people here on the forum, I have a gun on me or within a few feet of me all the time when I'm at home. </p><p></p><p>My back fence is chain link and the gates have heavy chains & padlocks on them... so I'm not super concerned about a home invasion from the rear... but one thing I have done is besides having dead bolts on all the doors and having a couple of house dogs that bark at the slightest sound... I went to Harbor Freight Tools and bought several of those $15 battery operated driveway alarms. I have one outside my doors and in my tool shed. The recievers are where I can hear them anywhere in the house.. and each one has a couple of red LED lights that will flash whenever the alarm goes off. I have each unit labeled for their particular transmitter's location so I know if there is anyone near the front door or the back door or in my shed. </p><p></p><p>I figure it will give me at least a few seconds or more heads-up warning if someone is prowling around the doors. I also have door alarms that will sound a 120 db alarm if opened at night. If all that doesn't scare the Bad Guy<s> away... there will be a 18" barreled pump shotgun loaded with 3" magnum BB loads & a CT laser equiped Glock 23 inside for them to deal with. </s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>I can't take the chance on using buckshot as there is a house's front door across the street....in direct line with my front door.. along with their bedroom windows to the side of that. BB's are a lot less likely to penetrate the neighbor's door & storm windows at that distance than buckshot would. My AR is loaded with 45 gr ballistic tipped Hornady rounds... a hit on a person will do a number on them... but the lite bullet will virtually explode on contact if it hits a hard object like a door or brick. I'd sure hate to be defending my home and end up shooting a neigbhor [especially a little kid] with a errant shot fired in the dark. Got to balance the need to protect my home and not chance hurting a neighbor.</s></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="David2012, post: 1833641, member: 24428"] OP, sounds like you dodged the proverbial bullet.... always better not to have to pull the trigger on someone. Replacing or reparing a door can be a whole lot cheaper in the long run than dealing with the aftermath of a shooting.. even if no one is injured or killed. Like many of the people here on the forum, I have a gun on me or within a few feet of me all the time when I'm at home. My back fence is chain link and the gates have heavy chains & padlocks on them... so I'm not super concerned about a home invasion from the rear... but one thing I have done is besides having dead bolts on all the doors and having a couple of house dogs that bark at the slightest sound... I went to Harbor Freight Tools and bought several of those $15 battery operated driveway alarms. I have one outside my doors and in my tool shed. The recievers are where I can hear them anywhere in the house.. and each one has a couple of red LED lights that will flash whenever the alarm goes off. I have each unit labeled for their particular transmitter's location so I know if there is anyone near the front door or the back door or in my shed. I figure it will give me at least a few seconds or more heads-up warning if someone is prowling around the doors. I also have door alarms that will sound a 120 db alarm if opened at night. If all that doesn't scare the Bad Guy[s] away... there will be a 18" barreled pump shotgun loaded with 3" magnum BB loads & a CT laser equiped Glock 23 inside for them to deal with. I can't take the chance on using buckshot as there is a house's front door across the street....in direct line with my front door.. along with their bedroom windows to the side of that. BB's are a lot less likely to penetrate the neighbor's door & storm windows at that distance than buckshot would. My AR is loaded with 45 gr ballistic tipped Hornady rounds... a hit on a person will do a number on them... but the lite bullet will virtually explode on contact if it hits a hard object like a door or brick. I'd sure hate to be defending my home and end up shooting a neigbhor [especially a little kid] with a errant shot fired in the dark. Got to balance the need to protect my home and not chance hurting a neighbor.[/s] [/QUOTE]
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