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

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

If I lived in the US I would 100% be standing behind the door with a pistol waiting to blast a mother fucker. Alas, I live in Canada where firearms are practically illegal, but I went to Kentucky for a conference in July and brought home a Louisville Slugger. So now I keep that by the front door so I can go Eazy E on some mother fucker that wants to try their luck with a little B & E on my house.

 

[deadshot138]

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.

Lmao your wife got the overnight 4am-8am delivery window. It's okay I've almost touched an Amazon driver with teh jab coming to my house at 7am until I remembered I ordered something

 

[Fedorgasm]

I live in a remote cabin. My nearest neighbor is a few miles away.

I did get startled once when out of nowhere there's a knock at the door.

I yelled, "who is it?"

Then I hear, "it's your neighbor, from up the road."

"What do you want?" I asked

"I just wanted to introduce myself and invite you to a party tomorrow night. I know you've lived here almost a year and we've never even spoken."

"A party tomorrow night? I guess it would be nice to get out of the house."

"Great! I gotta warn you though, there's gonna be some drinkin'."

"That's fine." I said

"And there's bound to be some fightin'."

"I'll risk it." I replied.

"And there's gonna be a whole lotta fuckin'."

"Sounds great! What should I wear?"

"Where whatever you want. It's just gonna be the two of us."

 

[whocares]

I live in a remote cabin. My nearest neighbor is a few miles away.

I did get startled once when out of nowhere there's a knock at the door.

I yelled, "who is it?"

Then I hear, "it's your neighbor, from up the road."

"What do you want?" I asked

"I just wanted to introduce myself and invite you to a party tomorrow night. I know you've lived here almost a year and we've never even spoken."

"A party tomorrow night? I guess it would be nice to get out of the house."

"Great! I gotta warn you though, there's gonna be some drinkin'."

"That's fine." I said

"And there's bound to be some fightin'."

"I'll risk it." I replied.

"And there's gonna be a whole lotta fuckin'."

"Sounds great! What should I wear?"

"Where whatever you want. It's just gonna be the two of us."

I read that in Norm's voice

 

[Gutter Chris]

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.

I'm likely going to grab my glock , not be seen if I haven't already been scene and observe the person. If I don't have to confront them I'm not going to. There's plenty of room for a misunderstanding in the dark with a weapon.

 

[boingyman]

When I woke up on Saturday I noticed Ring Doorbell notifications late at night. When I checked it this dude showed up at my door past 11pm. WTF? I was asleep so I had no clue.

So I keep scrolling through my motion notifications and the same SUV keeps driving by on the street. Then bam he fucking rings my doorbell again!

I keep scrolling and the car keeps driving by every so often. I noticed some neighbors lights turn on too. Then after midnight there's a police SUV that drives by a few time for about an hour. Same SUV keeps appearing too up until 1:30 am then it all stops.

So I'm thinking OK I need to make sure I'm more vigilant and probably have a chat with some of my neighbors the next time I see them. Anyway it was a busy Saturday and my son had a soccer match an hour away in the afternoon. We are rushing out since there's bad traffic and then I notice a SUV that looked similar in the ring videos flip a bitch and park a little past my house. I was thinking no way that's the same car. So I drive by and it's him! So I turn back around and then again and pull right next to him. I'm like "Hey, what are you guys doing here." The guy in a scared voice was like "We are just eating our McDonalds." and shows me his cheeseburger. So I'm like "Why did you ring my doorbell in the middle of the night?" He said he didn't have his phone and he forgot what house his friend lived in. His friend was next to him and kept saying "I live right there, I live right there." 4 houses down from me. They honestly looked scared shitless and I was trying my best to be calm since my kid was in the backseat. Those neighbors are kind of new (moved in about a year ago?) and I always see what I'm guessing is his parents outside (he looks just like his Dad), wave hi to the, etc, working on their car/trailer, etc.

Anyways I believe their story, because I know the passenger is my neighbor. They look like they do hard drugs and dude was probably on something (meth is my guess). I live in a nice suburbs and it sucks to have these kind of people around, but I aint playing. My guess is the parents are well off enough to buy a house here and unfortunately has a loser kid (looks like he's in his late 20s/early 30s) that hangs out with the wrong people. Still going to be extra vigilant, but not sure what I should tell the passenger (neighbor) guy the next time I see him.

 

[William Huggins]

Get a some Ring cameras (including a Ring doorbell) and 1-3 motion lights (preferably LED as they'll cover A TON of area). Then when someone or some thing comes around it'll acrivate the motion lights (scaring away most normal people) and you'll have the camera/s to review the footage.

Another benefit of the Ring camera is they usually come with a speaker that you can talk through. So you can confront the person without ever going outside.

Would you ask them if they've got a peanut allergy?

 

[jeff7b9]

I'm kind of confused with this bro. Are we actively killing someone because you forgot rope for the tarp.

I remembered the tarp.

 

[The Clinch]

 

[Deaths Head]

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.

Someone isn’t going to have a flash light if they are looking to do harm .

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.

Someone isn’t going to get out of a car with a flash light for you to spot them or drive with their lights on they would pull up,right outside your house or down the road if they were doing it right .

 

[Satur9]

Early morning you say? Just check the camera and ask what they want. Probably while poopin.

 

[whocares]

Guy must have dropped something important out in your yard after leaving from banging your wife.

 

[whocares]

Someone isn’t going to have a flash light if they are looking to do harm .

Someone isn’t going to get out of a car with a flash light for you to spot them or drive with their lights on they would pull up,right outside your house or down the road if they were doing it right .

These may be true but won't necessarily stop a person from getting aerated. I never heard of this 4 am Amazon shit but they should be a little more deliberate in their approach at that hour. Maybe a little jingle they can play from their phone. "HI we are Amazon HEY we are Amazon HO we are Amazon delivering a package DON'T SHOOT!" Or something like that. Mind you I live in a place that as far as gun related deaths go are the lowest % in the country. People aren't typically aggressive in that manner here. Some other places, I mean that jackass in NY just shot that teenage girl in the eye for turning around in his driveway. Folks be paranoid out here in America these days. I don't envy these drivers but that could've just as easily been some crackhead or migrant coming for my cats.

 

[SirRealKiller]

I guess when I lived in the country and someone showed up at an odd hour unannounced there's a few things I would do.

#1- Turn on the porch light as a warning that I know they're there.
#2- If they try to get in the house or start messing with my stuff I'm calling 911.
#3- I get my 45 ACP and make sure one is chambered.
#4- As soon as they start breaking in they will get one warning to stop and leave or rounds are going through the door/window.

 

[Deaths Head]

These may be true but won't necessarily stop a person from getting aerated. I never heard of this 4 am Amazon shit but they should be a little more deliberate in their approach at that hour. Maybe a little jingle they can play from their phone. "HI we are Amazon HEY we are Amazon HO we are Amazon delivering a package DON'T SHOOT!" Or something like that. Mind you I live in a place that as far as gun related deaths go are the lowest % in the country. People aren't typically aggressive in that manner here. Some other places, I mean that jackass in NY just shot that teenage girl in the eye for turning around in his driveway. Folks be paranoid out here in America these days. I don't envy these drivers but that could've just as easily been some crackhead or migrant coming for my cats.

I live in upstate NY on almost 60 acres 2 dogs , enough THINGs to take on a zombie apocalypse etc etc . And the land isn’t flat many things can go disappearing here if someone wanted to roll the dice , we live on a road comparable to a highway though in the front so many odd characters walk by from time to time but not much .

I’m sure if they actually made in my house and saw this they probably wouldn’t stick around and run out anyway .

 

[eddymotto]

I grew up on a 500 acre ranch. Our closest neighbour was miles away.

We had a motion light in the front yard.

We had guns for hunting but they were stored safely. We would not have considered trying to shoot humans.

If somebody came to our place late the yard light would come on and I would have talked to them out of the window to find out how I could help them.

 

[SirRealKiller]

I grew up on a 500 acre ranch. Our closest neighbour was miles away.

We had a motion light in the front yard.

We had guns for hunting but they were stored safely. We would not have considered trying to shoot humans.

If somebody came to our place late the yard light would come on and I would have talked to them out of the window to find out how I could help them.

I think if someone tried breaking in, I assure you , you would be thinking about shooting humans.

People don't just show up in the boonies in the middle of the night because they're neighborly. If you don't own guns with one purpose being to defend yourself with them it sounds pretty odd.

 

[eddymotto]

I think if someone tried breaking in, I assure you , you would be thinking about shooting humans.

People don't just show up in the boonies in the middle of the night because they're neighborly. If you don't own guns with one purpose being to defend yourself with them it sounds pretty odd.

I am sharing my actual lived experience.

I do not know where you live or lived, but I can assure you that on rare occasions people do show up at odd hours even in the middle of nowhere.

 

[SirRealKiller]

I am sharing my actual lived experience.

I do not know where you live or lived, but I can assure you that on rare occasions people do show up at odd hours even in the middle of nowhere.

Not really. People just don't do that without having ill intent unless they know you. Not saying my first action is to go looking to shoot someone but if you live in the middle of nowhere and someone shows up in the middle of the night unannounced and you're not thinking about their intent then you're lucky nothing bad happened to you.

 

[eddymotto]

Not really. People just don't do that without having ill intent unless they know you. Not saying my first action is to go looking to shoot someone but if you live in the middle of nowhere and someone shows up in the middle of the night unannounced and you're not thinking about their intent then you're lucky nothing bad happened to you.

If your first reaction to hearing a bump in the night is sheer terror, the rancher life may not be for you. No shame in that. It is not an easy lifestyle (and one that I left when I could. Although, in my case, it was not due to fear of roving bands of ninjas).