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johnson0317 wrote:

Excaliber wrote:Unfortunately it sounds like you let a great opportunity to have him identified and possibly arrested for other crimes on the basis of evidence recovered from those scenes or in his possession at the time of your incident slip away.

If you had called the police and stayed on the line while he prowled around your home, they most likely would have arrived in time to make hi the star of his very own interview show.

I am not sure that would have been the best solution either. One modus operandi of burgulars is to ring the bell and knock on the door to see if someone answers. When they do not, they slip around the back and break in there. Here is the problem with that...then you have a guy in your house you may have to shoot. I would have let him know I was home sooner, and tried to get a decent description of him for the police. How bad would you feel having killed a guy you might well have stopped before things went bad?

You can talk big all you want about what is going to happen to someone who invades your castle, but you have to live with it too. I would want to be sure I prevented it if I could have. If I try, and he busts in, then I think I will sleep a whole lot better at night knowing he made the move that resulted in his death.

RJ

tw texas wrote:I have been at home for 15 months semi retired. my house has been broken into 3 times in the last 25 years so i also carry my XD9MM. Last time i have secured the front door where nobody would be able to kick it in. Now the rest of the story. Three weeks ago i heard a slight knock followed by 1 door bell ring at 11:00 A:M on a thursday.
I have two plate windows on either side of the door with large blinds that i can see out but a person can't see in. I could see a man that by my judjment would fit a description of a burglar. I stepped into the hall were i could still watch the window and door. He rang again. About 2 minutes later he rang again then start to try to see thru the windows. I know he wasn't looking for a lost dog. I finaly decided he was fixing to try to enter. I didnt' really want to have to shoot but my adrenaline was pumping. What i decided to do was to just keep him outside so the next time he put his face to the window i parted the blinds so he could see me as i told him to get out of here. After i yelled again he turned and ran. I reported to HOA local LEO. was told we were having a high burglary rate in our neighbor hood. I was ready to do what was necessary but glad it did not come to that.
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