What do you do when a guy comes to your door?

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I live out in the country, sort of. I'm a night owl so I'm always up when the rest of the world is asleep. Last night I'm in my living room solving the worlds problems via internet when a car pulls in my driveway at 4:30 am. I think probably someone just turning around, but they get out and walk up on my lawn waving a flashlight around. This quickly freaks me out (I'm also still pretty toasty from some edibles) and this is a situation that I would've confronted said person with a firearm handy, but alas I have certain issues I've alluded to and it's not in my best interests to own one. So instead I've got my 9 inch Chef's knife that I could run straight through a person, best thing I could find in a pinch. But somehow confronting a person with a giant blade seems a bit extreme and unhinged, and course I don't actually want to stab anyone to death so I stood there for a moment waiting on jibroni's next move. He got back his car and left. I felt rather paranoid for the rest of the night. My wife tells me today it was an Amazon driver, which at least makes sense, but at that hour out here Sat night/Sunday morning, I'm going to assume bad things. And for the record we've got Amazon drivers coming here every day and never has anyone showed up in the buttfuck middle of night like that. I'm not saying they don't it was just unusual for me.

What's your modus operandi if some weirdo comes to your home during the wee hours of the morning? Are you 10 times the man I am and fill the front lawn with uppercuts? Do you draw your pistola and make them strip down to their undergarments, demanding ID and what agency they work for? Do you have a hole already dug in your backyard for this exact scenario? Or do you silently shit yourself and pray to jeebus the bad man goes away? I don't think I would've had the same reaction in a city but out in the sticks it's just me vs. whatever creeps in the night.
 
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I live out in the country, sort of. I'm a night owl so I'm always up when the rest of the world is asleep. Last night I'm in my living room solving the worlds problems via internet when a car pulls in my driveway at 4:30 am. I think probably someone just turning around, but they get out and walk up on my lawn waving a flashlight around. This quickly freaks me out (I'm also still pretty toasty from some edibles) and this is a situation that I would've confronted said person with a firearm handy, but alas I have certain issues I've alluded to and it's not in my best interests to own one. So instead I've got my 9 inch Chef's knife that I could run straight through a person, best thing I could find in a pinch. But somehow confronting a person with a giant blade seems a bit extreme and unhinged, and course I don't actually want to stab anyone to death so I stood there for a moment waiting on jibroni's next move. He got back his car and left. I felt rather paranoid for the rest of the night. My wife tells me today it was an Amazon driver, which at least makes sense, but at that hour out here Sat night/Sunday morning, I'm going to assume bad things. And for the record we've got Amazon drivers coming here every day and never has anyone showed up in the buttfuck middle of night like that. I'm not saying they don't it was just unusual for me.

What's your modus operandi if some weirdo comes to your home during the wee hours of the morning? Are you 10 times the man I am and fill the front lawn with uppercuts? Do you draw your pistola and make them strip down to their undergarments, demanding ID and what agency they work for? Do you have a hole already dug in your backyard for this exact scenario? Or do you silently shit yourself and pray to jeebus the bad man goes away? I don't think I would've had the same reaction in a city but out in the sticks it's just me vs. whatever creeps in the night.
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whocares said:
I live out in the country, sort of. I'm a night owl so I'm always up when the rest of the world is asleep. Last night I'm in my living room solving the worlds problems via internet when a car pulls in my driveway at 4:30 am. I think probably someone just turning around, but they get out and walk up on my lawn waving a flashlight around. This quickly freaks me out (I'm also still pretty toasty from some edibles) and this is a situation that I would've confronted said person with a firearm handy, but alas I have certain issues I've alluded to and it's not in my best interests to own one. So instead I've got my 9 inch Chef's knife that I could run straight through a person, best thing I could find in a pinch. But somehow confronting a person with a giant blade seems a bit extreme and unhinged, and course I don't actually want to stab anyone to death so I stood there for a moment waiting on jibroni's next move. He got back his car and left. I felt rather paranoid for the rest of the night. My wife tells me today it was an Amazon driver, which at least makes sense, but at that hour out here Sat night/Sunday morning, I'm going to assume bad things. And for the record we've got Amazon drivers coming here every day and never has anyone showed up in the buttfuck middle of night like that. I'm not saying they don't it was just unusual for me.

What's your modus operandi if some weirdo comes to your home during the wee hours of the morning? Are you 10 times the man I am and fill the front lawn with uppercuts? Do you draw your pistola and make them strip down to their undergarments, demanding ID and what agency they work for? Do you have a hole already dug in your backyard for this exact scenario? Or do you silently shit yourself and pray to jeebus the bad man goes away? I don't think I would've had the same reaction in a city but out in the sticks it's just me vs. whatever creeps in the night.
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I dont open the door unless i hear him trying to open the door or fuck with the lock. I dont open the door for people i dont know during the day either. Never had someone try to break in but unknown people do ring the door once in a while. I just assume its someone trying to sell something.
 
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I live out in the boonies myself and for the most part it's quiet and that's why I like it. I've had issues with tweakers in the past, but it's never been anything too crazy luckily enough. The girlfriend is occasionally nervous but keep a level head have at least big dog to help you out and invest in some good cameras like Arlo and things should be fine.
 
Im hoping that a fiercely loyal German Shepherd and a 12 gauge would get it done if someone truly meant me harm.
 
This wouldn't have been a big deal if I wasn't high. Got dammit I hate when people fuck with my high, it's why I wait til late at night to partake. Oops. This does raise a few questions for me, one am I prepared to kill. I really wouldn't want to (obviously) but to protect my wife? The survey said, your dead. Fatal flying guillotine chops off your fn head. The real question is when am I allowed to. I live in a state that might say you can't defend yourself until someone is actively threatening your life or some such thing. So I think running out on the front lawn and stabbing the shit out of someone might be seen as a faux pas in the eyes of the law, and "I was high so my judgement was altered" probably not the best defense. Turns out the guy wasn't a threat, but I didn't know that.

I actually have 3 smart cameras that I use for my garden to track what is messing with my crops. Going to throw a couple of them in the front yard. I technically, legally, can't own a firearm. Doesn't mean I can't own one. But the point there is my safety and everyone around me. Don't need that on my person when I turn into the hulk.
 
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