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Quote Originally Posted by RickThai
In case you forgotten, this thread is about having a gun in your home in order to protect yourself and your family from home invasion.
What about those that break into your home innocently?

I have "broken in" to peoples homes several times for several reasons.

My parents home because I arrived very late and didn't want to wake them. In fact my car broke down and I walked the last 25 miles, arriving at 3am. Opened a window and climbed into my room. Dad woke up, realised it was me and went back to sleep.

After a dinner party I left my cummerbund, which I needed to take on a trip the next day. Fortunately I was known by the owner's dogs when I went back to retrieve it. Again, too late to wake them up and I knew where it was.

Would I have been shot in your house before I could explain myself?
All of my friends and family know, not to ever "break into my home" without trying to contact me or my wife first by phone.

I've had friends call me at 2:00am in the morning because they have run out of gas after a night of drinking. They know that I will get up and bring them some gas without any resentment. The only cost is some good-natured ribbing from me later.

If you were to screw up and "break into my house" (I don't leave doors and windows unlocked), as I stated, I would try and make a positive ID before I fired.

If I didn't recognize you, you probably would get shot and that would be because of bad judgement on your part.

Never do any risky without being able to accept the consequences.

RickThai