Hey guys, I could use your help on something.
My girlfriend is home all this week, but I'm at work. We live together in an apartment. The neighborhood isn't great, but it isn't scary either. The apartment is reasonably secure. We have big windows all around and are around the back, but we're also up on the third floor so the front door is the only real point of entry and it's metal and has a good lock and deadbolt.
I have a pistol and shotgun, both are kept locked up. The shotgun stays in the long gun safe and the pistol is loaded, cocked, and locked in a pistol safe bolted to the bed frame. The safe is the type with a combination so you can get into it relatively quickly.
I shoot regularly and am comfortable with either firearm. My girlfriend is still a little leery, though. She's been shooting with me and has practiced at home with snap caps, but she's very new. We're working on it, but it'll still be a while before she's comfortable and proficient.
She just instant messaged me all freaked out because there was some dude knocking on our door. She said it was a big guy with no uniform or package and he knocked for a while. She didn't answer the door or let him know she was home. He eventually went away. I told her to call the office and let them know what was going on. I told her to tell them what was going on and they'd probably either have an explanation or would call the cops if anyone else had reported the same. They just thanked her for calling and said they'd look into it, but she hasn't heard back. Right after, a bunch of kids and parents came out to the playground right out front, so she felt there was no more threat.
I'm very glad she didn't open the door. We had a long talk about not opening the door for anyone, talking through the door, not being worried about seeming rude, etc.
I'm still not sure exactly what the best thing to have done was, though. If this guy was casing the grounds for burglary, my thought is that it would be better for him to know someone is home so he wouldn't bust in and find her there. On the other hand, I don't really want anyone knowing that she's there by herself.
What do you guys think is the ideal response to this kind of situation? I was just thinking that maybe turning the radio up loud would have been a good thing to do. Let's the dude know someone's home, but not who or how many. Any other ideas thoughts or ideas?
My girlfriend is home all this week, but I'm at work. We live together in an apartment. The neighborhood isn't great, but it isn't scary either. The apartment is reasonably secure. We have big windows all around and are around the back, but we're also up on the third floor so the front door is the only real point of entry and it's metal and has a good lock and deadbolt.
I have a pistol and shotgun, both are kept locked up. The shotgun stays in the long gun safe and the pistol is loaded, cocked, and locked in a pistol safe bolted to the bed frame. The safe is the type with a combination so you can get into it relatively quickly.
I shoot regularly and am comfortable with either firearm. My girlfriend is still a little leery, though. She's been shooting with me and has practiced at home with snap caps, but she's very new. We're working on it, but it'll still be a while before she's comfortable and proficient.
She just instant messaged me all freaked out because there was some dude knocking on our door. She said it was a big guy with no uniform or package and he knocked for a while. She didn't answer the door or let him know she was home. He eventually went away. I told her to call the office and let them know what was going on. I told her to tell them what was going on and they'd probably either have an explanation or would call the cops if anyone else had reported the same. They just thanked her for calling and said they'd look into it, but she hasn't heard back. Right after, a bunch of kids and parents came out to the playground right out front, so she felt there was no more threat.
I'm very glad she didn't open the door. We had a long talk about not opening the door for anyone, talking through the door, not being worried about seeming rude, etc.
I'm still not sure exactly what the best thing to have done was, though. If this guy was casing the grounds for burglary, my thought is that it would be better for him to know someone is home so he wouldn't bust in and find her there. On the other hand, I don't really want anyone knowing that she's there by herself.
What do you guys think is the ideal response to this kind of situation? I was just thinking that maybe turning the radio up loud would have been a good thing to do. Let's the dude know someone's home, but not who or how many. Any other ideas thoughts or ideas?