I always carry a loaded 1911 to the front door when answering the doorbell. It don’t care if it’s a preacher or the mailman.
Years ago, at about 11:30 PM I was awakened by the door bell. There were four boys there outside asking if my daughter was there....boy, I’ll tell you I screamed so many obscenities and told them if I opened the door, they’d better be outrunning some lead. I then told them to “get the f@ck out of my yard” Had the 1911, had the mad and I would have shot someone at the first sign of trouble.
I quizzed my daughter - didn’t know them, so she said. I told her one or more would get dead if they did it again.
Months later I woke up on a Saturday morning. Driveway (500 feet long) was TP’d up in the trees in the first 200 ft from the road. They didn’t dare try it where I could see them.