jgwills
20g
Title says all.
Today this afternoon was the first time I've ever grabbed one of my guns with genuine concern someone might be trying to get in.
I was attempting to take a nap when someone inserted a key into my front door and attempted to turn the lock. Being in an apartment I'm used to sometimes the maintenance guys needing to come in to change the air filters or check the smoke detector batteries and or the pest control folks coming in to change the roach traps out. But usually the apt mgmt puts flyers out a few days before that happens and require the maint or pest guys to knock multiple times and announce who they are very loudly before letting themselves in if no one answers the door. Well this time no announcement made and all I hear is someone jiggling the lock so I went into possible oh shit mode.
After a few tries of the lock I heard an unseen person on the other side of the door tell someone else its not opening. Not sure of what was going on I popped out of my bed FAST, grabbed the 500 and asked very loudly who was out there and what their intended business was. I was preparing to take up a defensive position crouched behind the couch when they quickly replied sorry, must have the wrong unit and then I heard footsteps going down the stairs and that was it. After a few minutes I figured it was a false alarm and so Mr. Mossberg went back to guard duty next to the nightstand and I laid back down.
Still though, kinda scary as for a few seconds there I was afraid I might have an intruder on my hands. It happened so fast that I realized if they have in fact meant me harm and busted in there was no time to call 911 and hope for the best. Had I not had something loaded and ready and it wasn't a false alarm I might not be here to type this. Again just glad it wound up being most likely what they said and had the wrong unit but still............
Thats why folks its smart to have something at the ready. You just never know. This was not 3 am either, but just the opposite, 3 in the afternoon.
Today this afternoon was the first time I've ever grabbed one of my guns with genuine concern someone might be trying to get in.
I was attempting to take a nap when someone inserted a key into my front door and attempted to turn the lock. Being in an apartment I'm used to sometimes the maintenance guys needing to come in to change the air filters or check the smoke detector batteries and or the pest control folks coming in to change the roach traps out. But usually the apt mgmt puts flyers out a few days before that happens and require the maint or pest guys to knock multiple times and announce who they are very loudly before letting themselves in if no one answers the door. Well this time no announcement made and all I hear is someone jiggling the lock so I went into possible oh shit mode.
After a few tries of the lock I heard an unseen person on the other side of the door tell someone else its not opening. Not sure of what was going on I popped out of my bed FAST, grabbed the 500 and asked very loudly who was out there and what their intended business was. I was preparing to take up a defensive position crouched behind the couch when they quickly replied sorry, must have the wrong unit and then I heard footsteps going down the stairs and that was it. After a few minutes I figured it was a false alarm and so Mr. Mossberg went back to guard duty next to the nightstand and I laid back down.
Still though, kinda scary as for a few seconds there I was afraid I might have an intruder on my hands. It happened so fast that I realized if they have in fact meant me harm and busted in there was no time to call 911 and hope for the best. Had I not had something loaded and ready and it wasn't a false alarm I might not be here to type this. Again just glad it wound up being most likely what they said and had the wrong unit but still............
Thats why folks its smart to have something at the ready. You just never know. This was not 3 am either, but just the opposite, 3 in the afternoon.
