@ 1:58am my wife wakes me telling me that there is someone beating on our front door and window. Saying let me in, then started ringing the doorbell like an idiot. I go look out the window, he stands there throws his hands up and goes let me in MFER. Addix ain't going to lie, I had to take a step back and clear my thoughts. My kids in the house, my wife in the house, I went into this mode I have never been. I tell him you have you only have one warning get the (you know the rest) off my property. He tells me basically to F myself, I call the police and tell my wife to get in the room with my kids.
Now I do not own a gun, (that will change) but I have my handy dandy Hoyt! As I am on the phone with the operator she asks are there any weapons in the house normal questions, I tell her I have a bow. She says "like a hunting bow", in all of this I still crack a joke, I replied "no for my violin, yes a hunting bow" So the guy is steadily pounding on my window at this point I thought he was going to break the glass, kids screaming, the operator steadily doing a great job of keeping me calm. She tells me not to use my weapon, find a safe place and the police are on their way 2 min away.
Ultimately, police show up take the guy away. He was drunk looking for what they call a sober house. Scared the hell out of my family!
Here is my problem with the situation as a whole, cops did a great job. Operator did her job, but to tell someone to not use there weapon to protect his family? I don't get that. Grant it just a bow and a mean Louisville Slugger but still, I wasn't going to go and cower in the corner. Funny thing is I didn't know I had that in me.
Cop came to the door said "you handled the situation well" then said "I hear you have a bow", I told him don't worry I put it in my bedroom. He laughed and said "please, you have a right to protect yours. I too shoot bow what kind do you have"
So all ended well. But what a ridiculous night...
Now I do not own a gun, (that will change) but I have my handy dandy Hoyt! As I am on the phone with the operator she asks are there any weapons in the house normal questions, I tell her I have a bow. She says "like a hunting bow", in all of this I still crack a joke, I replied "no for my violin, yes a hunting bow" So the guy is steadily pounding on my window at this point I thought he was going to break the glass, kids screaming, the operator steadily doing a great job of keeping me calm. She tells me not to use my weapon, find a safe place and the police are on their way 2 min away.
Ultimately, police show up take the guy away. He was drunk looking for what they call a sober house. Scared the hell out of my family!
Here is my problem with the situation as a whole, cops did a great job. Operator did her job, but to tell someone to not use there weapon to protect his family? I don't get that. Grant it just a bow and a mean Louisville Slugger but still, I wasn't going to go and cower in the corner. Funny thing is I didn't know I had that in me.
Cop came to the door said "you handled the situation well" then said "I hear you have a bow", I told him don't worry I put it in my bedroom. He laughed and said "please, you have a right to protect yours. I too shoot bow what kind do you have"
So all ended well. But what a ridiculous night...