Armed and Unarmed: A Difference in Mindset

People who thing like an armed person look at the world differently

As in "Situational Awareness".

Yes, she most certainly does have most excellent taste in firearms.

This situation would not have happened to Us in Our Home. First if someone made it into the house uninvited and unarmed at minimum they will be Commanded to get on the floor face down, arms out, knees bent, feet up in the air with ankles crossed and Stay that way or I will shoot them. PD will be called and kept on the phone until Officer(s) arrive and I hear over the Radio from Dispatch to Officer(s) that I and My Wife are standing and I have intruder(s) on the floor and I am armed. I will make verbal contact with the Officer(s) at My door and instruct on Our location and give them directions through the house if they cannot put eyes on Us from the entry door. I will tell them that I am going to put My Firearm on the floor once I know they can cover the intruder. I’ll move out of the way so they can handcuff the intruder.

If the intruder is armed when they break in then I will shoot until the threat is no longer a threat. Then make the phone call to PD and stay on the phone until Officer(s) arrive and the door will be open for them and I hear Dispatch and Officer(s) exchange the situation and My Wife and My positions and that of the intruder body. I will have My Firearm put away by then.

We have 2 Dogs that know it’s Their Job to protect: Mama, Me, any Family members like the new Grandson and the House. In exchange the “Girls” have it Made in the Shade. Dog food, Bones, Rawhides, Pig Ears, People food scraps and leftovers. They have each got a Dog Mattress, access to Our Bed and 2 couches, 1 in the Living Room and 1 in the Office and They can see out a window from each one. The Driveway from the Office and from the Living Room the Side Yard to watch cats and Squirrels. The Girls live a very cushy Life and They know it. BTW The Girls are a 70 pound Boxer that’s all muscle and a 105 pound Cane Corso Italian Mastiff.

There is no way that if an intruder broke in and got back out and, out of My sight that We would sit down in front of a window and be a target. I don’t understand why the two guys in the Article did that. That’s just stupid, and it makes no sense to Me.

In the Article it says the intruder was a neighbor next door and he was gone getting the AR long enough for the guy at work to drive home ? WTF !? Does he work 2 blocks away from his home ?

Did they know this neighbor at all or just by sight from seeing him in the driveway taking out the trash or see him mowing the lawn.

Were the 2 guys (Victims) a couple and the neighbor involved, wanting to be involved or just hate them for being a couple ? Or what ?

Yep - it really helps if most of the armed folks actually value life.

Addendum - when we joined a local shooting range, the briefing also entailed obeying and enforcing the rules ... the guy reminded folks, that while they should point out if someone was breaking safety rules, they should do it in a fashion that took into account that they were talking to an armed person.....

i’m a real light sleeper so waking to a stranger in my room is slim to none. that said, if i did i’m pretty sure they’d be found there on the floor when the law got there...