WTF?!? Something really odd just happened at my front door

AlfaMan

AlfaMan

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You got cased, for sure. If you have a carport, he was knocking on the door to see if anyone was home. The dogs probably spooked him so he had to go with plan B (renting a parking space-he's from a big city, not Texas-think DC Philly NYC. The goofy hat sounds almost like Philly or NYC.
If he hadn't heard the dogs he would have either rifled through the carport/outbuildings for something to steal and take to a pawn shop for quick cash (for another hit of meth). You answering the door completely shot any thoughts of that down.

He might be back-addicts jonesing for a fix or a hit don't think too clearly. If he pops up again, crack the door, stick the barrel out of it and tell him to go away. No niceties, no conversation. Reinforce the point by chambering a round. He'll get the idea.
And if he doesn't, shoot him, make sure he falls inside the door and let the PD deal with the mess.
 
DryCreek

DryCreek

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Red Baron said:
Those little shrouded hammer S&W J-Frame 5 shot .38 Special revolvers make a great pocket carry when answering the door.

You can have your hand on the piece without scaring the pesky solicitors or random Jehovah Witness.

If things get ugly, you can always fire right out of your pocket at point blank range.
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Holy cow, no!
The blast coming from between the cylinder and forcing cone would either emasculate you or leave you rolling on the floor in pain. Even a well-made S&W, Ruger, or hell, a Korth for that matter has cylinder gap. Inside a pocket? That's scary.
 
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Dozdoats

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SmithJ

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DryCreek said:
Holy cow, no!
The blast coming from between the cylinder and forcing cone would either emasculate you or leave you rolling on the floor in pain. Even a well-made S&W, Ruger, or hell, a Korth for that matter has cylinder gap. Inside a pocket? That's scary.
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Dude, that’s not gonna happen. On a well made revolver in good condition, the “cylinder blast” is minimal
 
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Squid

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With all this work from home for snatch n grabs not as many 9-5 empty neighborhoods.

Probably knock around the day before to check things out. The dogs freakin would probably be enough to ‘find another’ but I wonder if at some point the looking for the easy scores start just saying to hell with are the people home or not.

Probably a good time to establish some house understanding on how to handle strangers and unexpected knocks, for those who aren’t single with multiple bears roaming the house.
 
Red Baron

Red Baron

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AlfaMan said:
You got cased, for sure. If you have a carport, he was knocking on the door to see if anyone was home. The dogs probably spooked him so he had to go with plan B (renting a parking space-he's from a big city, not Texas-think DC Philly NYC. The goofy hat sounds almost like Philly or NYC.
If he hadn't heard the dogs he would have either rifled through the carport/outbuildings for something to steal and take to a pawn shop for quick cash (for another hit of meth). You answering the door completely shot any thoughts of that down.

He might be back-addicts jonesing for a fix or a hit don't think too clearly. If he pops up again, crack the door, stick the barrel out of it and tell him to go away. No niceties, no conversation. Reinforce the point by chambering a round. He'll get the idea.
And if he doesn't, shoot him, make sure he falls inside the door and let the PD deal with the mess.
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Statistically, most home burglaries occur during daylight hours when the homeowners are away.

Thus it is -very- important to answer the door, no matter what when you are at home. It is far too easy to say I won't bother.

Here's how I got religion.

Sitting outside on my front stoop copping a schmag.

Noonish, a random lone teenage Schwartze ambles down the street to my neighbors front door across the street. He knocks on the door, nobody answers because the family is either at work or at school. The teenager walks back down the street from where he came from. A couple of minutes later a mini-van full of teenage Schwartzes (6-8) pull into my neighbor's driveway and start to go to the back door of my neighbor's house.

They are so bold they didn't care I was sitting right across the street (50 yards). They are used to working in the daylight.

As they are spilling out of the mini-van I pull out my smartphone and starting cranking off a dozen or so still pictures.

That got their attention as they pull their t-shirts over their heads and run back into the van. They peel out in a big hurry almost losing control rounding the corner.

That should illustrate how important it is to answer the front door no matter what.
 
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intothatgoodnight

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AlfaMan said:
You got cased, for sure. If you have a carport, he was knocking on the door to see if anyone was home. The dogs probably spooked him so he had to go with plan B (renting a parking space-he's from a big city, not Texas-think DC Philly NYC. The goofy hat sounds almost like Philly or NYC.
If he hadn't heard the dogs he would have either rifled through the carport/outbuildings for something to steal and take to a pawn shop for quick cash (for another hit of meth). You answering the door completely shot any thoughts of that down.

He might be back-addicts jonesing for a fix or a hit don't think too clearly. If he pops up again, crack the door, stick the barrel out of it and tell him to go away. No niceties, no conversation. Reinforce the point by chambering a round. He'll get the idea.
And if he doesn't, shoot him, make sure he falls inside the door and let the PD deal with the mess.
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Was visiting an acquaintance, who lives on a somewhat remote multi-acre lot that is clearly posted, with a house plopped right in the middle - someone knocked on the door, and acquaintance's two adult CC family members immediately slipped out the back door and circled around both sides of the house, while he answered the front door - at first, the "visitor" did not see the two CC adults standing quietly at each house corner, staring directly at him, and at his PU truck containing a passenger - but the passenger saw the two CC individuals standing there, and was trying to hand-signal the door-knocker to return to the truck - when the door-knocker realized that he was being "greeted" by several CC folks, he quickly retreated to his truck and immediately left - of course, not before several pictures were taken of the truck and license plate.

Interesting scene-event to witness - local sheriff was supplied with a report and image info.


intothegoodnight
 
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Dennis Olson

Dennis Olson

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Not 15 minutes ago I got a robocall stating that “your social security number has been cancelled due to fraud and criminal activity that you have committed. If you do not speak to us now, a civil suit will be filed against you. Press 1 to speak to an agent.”

I was torn. I kinda wanted to bullsh*t them, but decided ultimately to just hang up.
 
Red Baron

Red Baron

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Dennis Olson said:
Not 15 minutes ago I got a robocall stating that “your social security number has been cancelled due to fraud and criminal activity that you have committed. If you do not speak to us now, a civil suit will be filed against you. Press 1 to speak to an agent.”

I was torn. I kinda wanted to bullsh*t them, but decided ultimately to just hang up.
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I got that one already. There are a slew of scams out there.

Got a phishing e-mail saying my internet account would be suspended in 48 hours due to "fraudulent activity" and that I needed to click on a link to restore my service. I called my internet provider and everything was just fine.

Been getting a bunch of political text messages lately which I am sure will ramp up exponentially now. I'm sure a few scams will be mixed in with those. I just hit "discard" on any text message not from a known person.

Be careful out there folks.
 
Intestinal Fortitude

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AlfaMan said:
You got cased, for sure. If you have a carport, he was knocking on the door to see if anyone was home. The dogs probably spooked him so he had to go with plan B (renting a parking space-he's from a big city, not Texas-think DC Philly NYC. The goofy hat sounds almost like Philly or NYC.
If he hadn't heard the dogs he would have either rifled through the carport/outbuildings for something to steal and take to a pawn shop for quick cash (for another hit of meth). You answering the door completely shot any thoughts of that down.

He might be back-addicts jonesing for a fix or a hit don't think too clearly. If he pops up again, crack the door, stick the barrel out of it and tell him to go away. No niceties, no conversation. Reinforce the point by chambering a round. He'll get the idea.
And if he doesn't, shoot him, make sure he falls inside the door and let the PD deal with the mess.
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or Dennis could have made $150 a month for having a giant motor home in his driveway.....
 
DryCreek

DryCreek

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SmithJ said:
Dude, that’s not gonna happen. On a well made revolver in good condition, the “cylinder blast” is minimal
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Do you ever shoot at night?
You'd be surprised at how much burning powder exits that cylinder gap.
Don't believe me? Just place the palm of your other hand against that side and rip off one shot. Now pretend that is the outside of your thigh. I've been the recipient of stray burnt powder from revolvers at a firing line before. Target Smith (N frame) too.
I doubt Dennis was casually lounging about in a bathrobe and had a revolver in his pocket. This is Texas. Men just don't do that. Front pocket of your jeans will still leave powder burns.
 
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summerthyme

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Red Baron said:
I got that one already. There are a slew of scams out there.

Got a phishing e-mail saying my internet account would be suspended in 48 hours due to "fraudulent activity" and that I needed to click on a link to restore my service. I called my internet provider and everything was just fine.

Been getting a bunch of political text messages lately which I am sure will ramp up exponentially now. I'm sure a few scams will be mixed in with those. I just hit "discard" on any text message not from a known person.

Be careful out there folks.
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Before wasting time calling your provider, check the sending e-mail address. I get them all the tine, and it's usually from something like "Windstream@candyshouse.com"

Summerthyme
 
SmithJ

SmithJ

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DryCreek said:
Do you ever shoot at night?
You'd be surprised at how much burning powder exits that cylinder gap.
Don't believe me? Just place the palm of your other hand against that side and rip off one shot. Now pretend that is the outside of your thigh. I've been the recipient of stray burnt powder from revolvers at a firing line before. Target Smith (N frame) too.
I doubt Dennis was casually lounging about in a bathrobe and had a revolver in his pocket. This is Texas. Men just don't do that. Front pocket of your jeans will still leave powder burns.
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As in post 96, there will be no inferno........
 
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Dozdoats

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We did the jacket shoot at Snubby Summit in 2005. It works. Pushing the revolver forward in the pocket will usually put the muzzle out of the hole in the pocket made by the first round.
 
D

Dozdoats

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No, just old throwaway jackets. I personally wouldn't use a pants pocket for that. Not even on loose fitting pleated front pants.
 
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