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There is a device that allows the person on the other side of your door to peep INTO your home through the peep hole. That is why mine is taped over. If you go up close enough to the door to look through the peep hole, you are too close to the door. Stay back out of line of the door while armed and call out for anyone to identify themselves. You would be amazed how fast a door can be kicked in and knock you down before you can move and someone could just shoot at you through the door. You don't want to give someone on the other side with a gun an idea of your exact location. You need the distance to protect yourself and identify your target if he breaks in. It might be a BG or it might be a drunk neighbor. A friend recently almost shot the latter when he broke her door in thinking it was his own in the middle of the night. Also consider the tactic that one person may be distracting you at your front door while another is breaking into the other end of your house. This was being done by a couple of people robbing houses of the elderly in the Fort Worth area last year. You are smart to keep yourself armed inside the house.