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What a wasted opportunity

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Join date. Post count.
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ETA: smash and grabs are 99.99999 unarmed.

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My brother-in-law (well, ex) works from home.  He parks his car in the basement garage, which is behind the house, and there is an empty parking pad out front for visitors.  So it looked like no one was home.

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My brother-in-law (well, ex) works from home.  He parks his car in the basement garage, which is behind the house, and there is an empty parking pad out front for visitors.  So it looked like no one was home.

He was in his basement office working, when he heard a big crash upstairs.  He got off the phone with his customer, and went out the back and up the stairs to his back deck.  He saw the front door lying on the living room floor, and a car backed up to the door with the trunk open.

Then he heard a voice from his master bedroom.  He grabbed a long metal knicknack of some kind off a table and went in swinging and yelling.

Trayvon #1 took a pummeling, but managed to run out and exit the front door.  Trayvon #2 ran into the master bath and jumped out a second story window that overlooked a concrete patio.

Bro pursued the front door runner to the car.  It had no license plate.  Door runner waited for the now limping window jumper to get into the car.  In those seconds, bro tried to break the car's back window to mark it for the cops.  But his weapon wasnt heavy enough, so he instead wailed on the trunk and rear fenders, bashing them in and damaging the paint.

The guys then took off.  Bro called the cops, they came and started dusting for prints and looking for the car.  Haven't heard results on that yet.
The cops told him there had been a few recent burglaries in the area, and they were probably all done by these guys.

In the aftermath, when he had time to collect himself and think back, he realized a few things:

He's damn lucky they weren't armed.
When he saw the door busted in, he should have backed out and immediately called the cops with his cell phone.  Safer for him, and the cops might have got there before the burglars left.
He could have easily busted their window with a truck hitch he had lying by the front door.  D'oh.
He has a gun, but it was in the master bedroom and was inaccessible.  I think he'll be keeping it on him for a while and getting a second gun to keep downstairs in his office.

In the end, it could have been a lot worse.  The scumbags took some damage, didnt get away with anything, and bro is unhurt and safe, if shook up.  I doubt he'll be sleeping there tonight.


Just wanted to pass this little story on.  Hopefully it helps make some people think about their preparedness and what they might do in a similar situation.

 

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Then he heard a voice from his master bedroom.

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He has a gun, but it was in the master bedroom
 

In the basement you say?

Why didn't he just beat them to death with his orange dick?

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I'm in South Hall.  Is it near this area?  I work from home, too, and I keep my car in the garage.  I probably would have shot their tires out and their radiator to boot.  They wouldn't get far at my place.  hahaha

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Call 911

Slash all the tires on the car.

If possible, open the hood and rip wiring out.

They won't be driving anywhere.

Close the trunk, lock the doors,  secure the vehicle.   If you're lucky they left the keys in the car and thus won't be getting away with ANYTHING.

This being Florida, I'd Zimmerman them.

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In the basement you say?

Why didn't he just beat them to death with his orange dick?

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I think his response is understandable. After all, most people tend to view their home as their castle. Sure, in the aftermath he needs to self critique, just as everyone here will Monday Morning Quarterback it. There are lessons to be learned.

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In the basement you say?

Why didn't he just beat them to death with his orange dick?

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What town?

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I doubt he'll be sleeping there tonight.
 

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Good metal massage on Trayvon #1.  Glad Trayvon #2 has a limp.  I wonder if popo went to ER to see if #2 is being treated.

I doubt he'll be sleeping there tonight.

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I can say with 100% confidence that he missed a once in a lifetime opportunity to bag a prized Trayvon. He had two of them and both got away. The odds of getting a chance like that again are slim.

Unless your in Chicago, Detroit, Dc, New York, Nola, LA,

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I work in my detached garage — I keep a gun there. Good piece of mind. You never know.

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where was his gun?

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I can say with 100% confidence that he missed a once in a lifetime opportunity to bag a prized Trayvon. He had two of them and both got away. The odds of getting a chance like that again are slim.

Unless your in Chicago, Detroit, Dc, New York, Nola, LA,

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I can say with 100% confidence that he missed a once in a lifetime opportunity to bag a prized Trayvon. He had two of them and both got away. The odds of getting a chance like that again are slim.



Unless your in Chicago, Detroit, Dc, New York, Nola, LA,