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Let me guess, he was selling magazine subscriptions to sponsor his (insert extracurricular scholastic event) team in their quest to go to "nationals" this year. We get those types of folks a lot. One guy got so upset with me after I basically said "busy, not interested" and closed the door that he yelled something through the door at me (something not fit for 9-year-old's ears).

I threw the door back open (which I now realize was probably a mistake) and yelled back as he was walking down the driveway "What did you say to me?" That's when his friend who was schleping the same line across the street joined him in the street and the nice sweater-vest exteriors quickly gave way to the tough-guy street-slang macho talk. They stood in the street inches from my property line yelling "come out here on the street and say something to us, punk" or at least that's the most G-rated version I can type here.

I was pocket carrying at the time, and casually put my hand in my pocket and onto the grip of my revolver (best part about pocket carry - hand in your pocket and they have no idea how quickly you can draw from that point if - God forbid - you ever had to). I told them "you're threatening me inches away from trespassing on my property. I'm calling the police now (cell phone was in my other hand - which I showed them). I'll let them deal with you."

Went back inside, but kept an eye out through the peephole and saw them quickly making their way back down the street, not stopping at any more houses. I did call police and basically just said "there are some people illegally soliciting in our neighborhood (city has an ordinance - permit required to solicit door-to-door), one of them started mouthing off to me from the street after I told them I wasn't interested, told him I was calling police" then gave the dispatcher a description of the two. She told me they'd send a squad car. Never heard anything more about it.