As someone who has actually stood at the door with loaded gun in my hand twice in my life, I will tell you: 1) I'm very glad I didn't have to use the gun, and 2) it has quite an effect on the person who knocked on the door.
In case #1 the person who was trying to break in gave up before I had to confront him (1972-in the days before 911) and in case# 2 the person froze when I opened the door; the handgun was behind my back, but he knew I was armed. Said he was looking for an old friend and got the wrong house (at 10 o'clock on a cold winter night).
God forbid anyone of us ever has to use a firearm in self-defense.
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Maine, 61.5 years. The Village of Liberty Park.
"Live life while you're alive, because when you're dead, you're dead a long time".- Roland Michael Curtis
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