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<blockquote data-quote="Firpo" data-source="post: 4070007" data-attributes="member: 45550"><p>Ain’t that the truth. Having never served in the military (med disqualification) I was well aware of this and always “hoped” I’d react accordingly. That was until about 5 years ago when I confronted three burglars breaking into my home. I was working from home that day which is when a LOT of burglaries occur and I’m sure they thought no one was there. I went to my room, grabbed a handgun and then confronted said hooligans of the “South of the Border” persuasion attempting to let themselves in the door. Upon my introducing to the trio and questioning their presence (not the words I used at the time) one of them shouted “holy **** he has a gun” and instantly all three scrambled like something you’d see in a comedic movie, attempting to jump fences as if their lives were somehow in danger <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙄" title="Face with rolling eyes :rolling_eyes:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" data-shortname=":rolling_eyes:" />. In any event about 5-10 minutes after their departure I got this big adrenaline rush that lasted for maybe 15 minutes. Reflecting on it all later that day I was surprised at how calm I was throughout the entire ordeal and how my pulse hadn’t even picked up a beat. Now will I react that same way if it were to happen again I guess I can’t really say for sure but I’m thankful for the experience and have no reason to think my response would be any different.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Firpo, post: 4070007, member: 45550"] Ain’t that the truth. Having never served in the military (med disqualification) I was well aware of this and always “hoped” I’d react accordingly. That was until about 5 years ago when I confronted three burglars breaking into my home. I was working from home that day which is when a LOT of burglaries occur and I’m sure they thought no one was there. I went to my room, grabbed a handgun and then confronted said hooligans of the “South of the Border” persuasion attempting to let themselves in the door. Upon my introducing to the trio and questioning their presence (not the words I used at the time) one of them shouted “holy **** he has a gun” and instantly all three scrambled like something you’d see in a comedic movie, attempting to jump fences as if their lives were somehow in danger 🙄. In any event about 5-10 minutes after their departure I got this big adrenaline rush that lasted for maybe 15 minutes. Reflecting on it all later that day I was surprised at how calm I was throughout the entire ordeal and how my pulse hadn’t even picked up a beat. Now will I react that same way if it were to happen again I guess I can’t really say for sure but I’m thankful for the experience and have no reason to think my response would be any different. [/QUOTE]
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