Burglar in house, you have gun locked and loaded

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Burglar in house, you have gun locked and loaded

  • immediately shoot. 1 in the head, 2 in the chest. no questions asked

  • immediately shoot, but not to kill

  • anounce that you have gun and ask burglar to leave first

  • curl up like a bitch, hand over wife/gf, kids, and jewelry


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DayLaPaul

Platinum Member
Apr 6, 2001
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you can't give it up with the personal attacks can you? So if you don't have a gun you're a grabber eh? stereotype much?
Oh and the OP talked about a burglar (single) and you are proposing some sort of zergling rush of 2~3 burglars. You must really be frightened all the time.

That's a pretty idiotic statement. In a real life scenario, you don't know how many burglars are in your house; all you hear is some noise. You go down to investigate and you see a shadow.

There's not an HP bar over the burglar's head or special music letting you know this is the last boss. The OP didn't specifically state that one and only one burglar was in your house as there is no way you can be sure of that fact while the burglary is still in progress.

Also 2-3 burglars is NOT that uncommon. It's no secret that criminals often times work in crews.
 

sourceninja

Diamond Member
Mar 8, 2005
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So just to clarify, you'd be cool with people owning semi-automatic AR-15s/AK-47s/similar variants?

I'm with you in that the definition of "assault weapon" should include full-auto capability.

I'm the opposite. I'm much more afraid of a crazy guy with a very high powered hunting rifle and access to a high place then I am of a guy with a full auto machine gun. Ammo is heavy and full auto is very hard to be accurate with.

Even with the full auto 9mm I fired it was hard to stay on target and I was out of ammo in about 15 seconds. I'd let anyone with the money own a full auto. Crazies already have much better legal ways of killing us.
 

Powermoloch

Lifer
Jul 5, 2005
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When someone has the balls to get into my home and endanger my family. They'll eat lead for breakfast.
 

alkemyst

No Lifer
Feb 13, 2001
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I was proud of my wife. She got picked for jury duty. The case was about a man who shot a cop (and was carrying without a permit) who was trying to stop him from beating a woman. They asked if anyone in the selection pool owned firearms and my wife was the only member to not only know exactly what she owned (she has a ruger mark III and a ruger LCP) but also was the only member with a lifetime CCW.

She was quickly released from duty. She also asked the defense attorney (after he asked about gun ownership) if he would like the list of guns I own. He declined.

sounds like the way you wished it happened.
 

sourceninja

Diamond Member
Mar 8, 2005
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sounds like the way you wished it happened.

Sounds like your a passive aggressive little bitch. See how that works, rather then dancing around the issue, I told you exactly what I think.

If your going to call me a liar just go ahead and do it and stop being a bitch about it.
 

nick1985

Lifer
Dec 29, 2002
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Sounds like your a passive aggressive little bitch. See how that works, rather then dancing around the issue, I told you exactly what I think.

If your going to call me a liar just go ahead and do it and stop being a bitch about it.

lol
 

hdfxst

Senior member
May 13, 2009
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I voted #1 because it's the closest to what i would do.but you guys aren't taking muzzle flash into consideration here,in the dark your going to be blind for a few seconds after you shoot you may only get 1 shot and you better make it count.
 

alkemyst

No Lifer
Feb 13, 2001
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Sounds like your a passive aggressive little bitch. See how that works, rather then dancing around the issue, I told you exactly what I think.

If your going to call me a liar just go ahead and do it and stop being a bitch about it.

you straight balla son.
 

olds

Elite Member
Mar 3, 2000
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I just came to a realization last night. I am not even sure when I started this or where/how I learned it.

I was walking into the bathroom in our master bedroom. The door to the bath was mostly closed. As I pushed it open, I realized that I was subconsciously placing my hand in such a position that if someone was behind the door and shoved it back that I wouldn't injure my fingers.
Weird. I have never been burgled.

But I do other stuff. If my wife and I are out and someone walks up to us or near us, I place myself between the person and my wife till I know their intentions. I've never been mugged. If we are walking near traffic, I always place myself between her and the traffic. I have been hit by a car while riding a bike.

I look for exits in buildings and I count seats to exits on a plane. Never been in a fire or a plane crash.

There is more....
I guess i would qualify as paranoid according to some of you.
 

surfsatwerk

Lifer
Mar 6, 2008
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I just came to a realization last night. I am not even sure when I started this or where/how I learned it.

I was walking into the bathroom in our master bedroom. The door to the bath was mostly closed. As I pushed it open, I realized that I was subconsciously placing my hand in such a position that if someone was behind the door and shoved it back that I wouldn't injure my fingers.
Weird. I have never been burgled.

But I do other stuff. If my wife and I are out and someone walks up to us or near us, I place myself between the person and my wife till I know their intentions. I've never been mugged. If we are walking near traffic, I always place myself between her and the traffic. I have been hit by a car while riding a bike.

I look for exits in buildings and I count seats to exits on a plane. Never been in a fire or a plane crash.

There is more....
I guess i would qualify as paranoid according to some of you.

Obvious answer: Olds is a Russian sleeper agent. All we need to do is keep typing random phrases in threads that he reads until we come across his activation code. Then god help us all.

Banana Turtle Congress
 
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olds

Elite Member
Mar 3, 2000
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Sounds like your a passive aggressive little bitch. See how that works, rather then dancing around the issue, I told you exactly what I think.

If your going to call me a liar just go ahead and do it and stop being a bitch about it.
:thumbsup::thumbsup:
 

irishScott

Lifer
Oct 10, 2006
21,562
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I just came to a realization last night. I am not even sure when I started this or where/how I learned it.

I was walking into the bathroom in our master bedroom. The door to the bath was mostly closed. As I pushed it open, I realized that I was subconsciously placing my hand in such a position that if someone was behind the door and shoved it back that I wouldn't injure my fingers.
Weird. I have never been burgled.

But I do other stuff. If my wife and I are out and someone walks up to us or near us, I place myself between the person and my wife till I know their intentions. I've never been mugged. If we are walking near traffic, I always place myself between her and the traffic. I have been hit by a car while riding a bike.

I look for exits in buildings and I count seats to exits on a plane. Never been in a fire or a plane crash.

There is more....
I guess i would qualify as paranoid according to some of you.

I'm single, never been mugged, yet I still always open the door to public bathrooms all the way before entering. Started off as paranoia, now I just do it out of habit (unless I'm in a really shady area or something). *shrug*
 

MotionMan

Lifer
Jan 11, 2006
17,123
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I just came to a realization last night. I am not even sure when I started this or where/how I learned it.

I was walking into the bathroom in our master bedroom. The door to the bath was mostly closed. As I pushed it open, I realized that I was subconsciously placing my hand in such a position that if someone was behind the door and shoved it back that I wouldn't injure my fingers.
Weird. I have never been burgled.

But I do other stuff. If my wife and I are out and someone walks up to us or near us, I place myself between the person and my wife till I know their intentions. I've never been mugged. If we are walking near traffic, I always place myself between her and the traffic. I have been hit by a car while riding a bike.

I look for exits in buildings and I count seats to exits on a plane. Never been in a fire or a plane crash.

There is more....
I guess i would qualify as paranoid according to some of you.

I do similar things. I also look for exits from restaurants in case of a crazed gunman attack.

Hyper-vigilance and beng prepared like a Boy Scout probably never got anyone hurt.

MotionMan
 

JulesMaximus

No Lifer
Jul 3, 2003
74,534
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I just came to a realization last night. I am not even sure when I started this or where/how I learned it.

I was walking into the bathroom in our master bedroom. The door to the bath was mostly closed. As I pushed it open, I realized that I was subconsciously placing my hand in such a position that if someone was behind the door and shoved it back that I wouldn't injure my fingers.
Weird. I have never been burgled.

But I do other stuff. If my wife and I are out and someone walks up to us or near us, I place myself between the person and my wife till I know their intentions. I've never been mugged. If we are walking near traffic, I always place myself between her and the traffic. I have been hit by a car while riding a bike.

I look for exits in buildings and I count seats to exits on a plane. Never been in a fire or a plane crash.

There is more....
I guess i would qualify as paranoid according to some of you.

Nah, that's called being aware of what's going on around you. My wife, our son, and I were in Maui a few years ago and we went out to dinner at this out of the way place in Lahaina, it was light when we went there but when we came out it was dark and our car was parked at the back of a dimly lit parking lot. As we got closer to the lot I started to feel a little uneasy about the whole situation and I noticed two seedy looking dudes just kind of milling about nearby. I had my wife and son wait in a well lit public area while I hustled to the car to avoid giving these guys any chance of approaching me.

I have little doubt that those guys were looking for some tourists to roll.
 

olds

Elite Member
Mar 3, 2000
50,071
744
126
obvious answer: Olds is a russian sleeper agent. All we need to do is keep typing random phrases in threads that he reads until we come across his activation code. Then god help us all.

Banana turtle congress
ложный!
 

spidey07

No Lifer
Aug 4, 2000
65,469
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I do similar things. I also look for exits from restaurants in case of a crazed gunman attack.

Hyper-vigilance and beng prepared like a Boy Scout probably never got anyone hurt.

MotionMan

It's called situational awareness. Something everybody should practice.