[scripter]

I forgot to add one more comment the operator said... she said to defend myself, I'd have to find a weapon similar to the weapon the two intruders had. Now, in my garage I have plenty of tools that could be considered weapons... so while I was arguing with her I asked her if my chain saw was a similar weapon. She didn't like my attitude at all!

A few months later while we were selling that house, somebody broke in while we were gone. When we came home and heard them upstairs I grabbed the same .357 and called 911. The very same operator told me to leave my loaded gun in the house and leave. "What?" I asked. "You want me to leave a loaded gun in the house so the intruder can shoot me in the back while I'm leaving?" She was almost speechless...I had some choice words for her again.

[ArmstedFragg]

She apparently knew the protocol, but wasn’t aware of how to apply it. Had the burglars been gone, she wouldn’t want you to be outside waiting for the officers with a gun in hand. But in the situation you mentioned, that’s a pretty clear example of the phrase “person unclear on the concept”.