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I'll throw out this is an example of why guys like Doc and I advocate a person have at least two examples of their carry gun.
A gun used in a fatal shooting will be tied up for at least awhile as evidence, and the gang members making threats thing is a very real issue.
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I am the owner of Agile/Training and Consulting
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In the hundreds of search warrants I served working dope there were only two doors that ever gave us trouble. Onn was a metal residential door with a non standard jamb. Instead of your typical jamb they used treated 4x4 posts on either side of the door. The jamb never did give way, we ended up hitting the door enough it bowed far enough to give way. Rear door was hardened the same way.
The second door that gave us trouble was a custom solid oak door. That sumbitch just laughed and laughed at us. The resident finally came to the door and unlocked it for us. I don't remember what the door jamb was like on that one. I can't remember why we just didn't go to a secondary breach point, but I know there was a reason.
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I've got one word for you guys worried about someone slipping a doorknob lock: deadbolts.
"Gunfighting is a thinking man's game. So we might want to bring thinking back into it."-MDFA
Beware of my temper, and the dog that I've found...
I'm against doorknock locks after some years of thought on the subject, they lead to people getting locked out of their house accidentally while adding nothing to the security of the door.
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Thanks for the kind words! My dog has been amazing with things like this. It wasn't the first time he's had that reaction, albeit the first time it wasn't quite to the degree it was in this occasion. My girlfriend and I were walking him one night a few years prior to the home invasion and he started acting this way (In a whole different town.). Turns out a guy was mugging people and breaking into cars in the apartment complex we were in at the time. Our dog, Jack, apparently saw/smelled the guy even though it was pitch black in the field next to us (The field was attached to a playground which was part of a church.). Once we arrived in the parking lot, the police officers asked us if we had seen anyone, to which we replied yes though it was hard to tell, but the dog definitely did. So we went back to the spot where it occured and sure enough, the dog starts reacting again. So we just let him lead and he basically brought is along with the Police directly to the guy, who was then hiding on the playground in the dark. He had stolen a gun out of someones car and everything but gave himself up as soon as he saw that we knew where he was and had police with us.
It's a horrible situation. I really wish it had never happened and I don't wish it on my worst enemy. It changes your life in drastically negative ways. I just responded as required and used the least amount of force to end the incursion. With that said though, despite doing the right thing and coming out alive, I would trade just about anything to just never of had it happen in the first place.
My pleasure. Any time I can share or answer questions, I'm more than happy to. It's a crappy situation, but if just one person takes something away from it, then it's worth it.
Thank you for the kind words.
Definitely! If you think of any questions, I'm here.
In regards to my hearing, there was no issue with the 911 call. There was a degree of auditory exclusion which had occured. The actual gun shot was muffled because of it, however my immediate hearing afterwards was very dulled for a matter of minutes. It wasn't until after the event (A few months) and things calming down that I finally realized my hearing just isn't the same. My left ear is effected by tinnitus and I think my actual hearing from that ear is approximately 70-80%, give or take. In my physical leaving the military they did not note much on it though. When my primary care provider at the VA finally started getting a baseline for me, she checked my ears and did note scarring over my left ear drum.
Sadly the individuals from the home invasion made the drive to my city from another. The crime in my city really wasn't bad, but because of that, I'm sure others security was more relaxed than it should have been, and thus they came to our area. There's no telling how many other homes were effected or broken into by this group or others.
I completely agree. Two is one, one is none. My Glock 26 was my primary carry at the time, however we had duplicates as my girlfriend liked the 26 as well. I ended up carrying that and she moved to a Kahr P9 which she carried before we bought her the 26. I carried my 26 in the summer and a 23 all other times.
Correct, the glock was taken that day, 1 June 2012 and I received it back in October 2013. Via FedEX directly to my door from the evidence department at the Sherrifs office.
To be honest I expected it to be gone longer. It took a lot of talking with the DA, Sherrifs office, and anyone else involved to get it released. Not only that, but since we had moved across the country, we had to figure out the logistics of putting it back in my hands without having me fly all the way back.
They ended up FedEXing it back to me, but I had to pay the shipping cost, which was well worth it.
The Glock has been back in my posession ever since, but it's sat in our safe. I'm not sure why I haven't carried it, perhaps because I sort of replaced it in the year it was gone, but maybe I just subconciously feel weird about it. I can't really say. I know I love and trust my life with it.