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Posted: 2/7/2023 5:51:47 PM EST

[#1]

I disconnected my doorbell over 20 years ago.

Posted: 2/7/2023 5:52:23 PM EST

[#2]

Active the incinerator doormat button on the nightstand, and get the shovel after starting some coffee.

Posted: 2/7/2023 5:53:52 PM EST

[#3]

Why the fuck wouldn't you take a gun with you???

Posted: 2/7/2023 5:56:26 PM EST

[#4]

Jokes on them. More than three rings opens the tiger trap at the porch.

No solicitation means no solicitation.

Posted: 2/7/2023 5:56:32 PM EST

[#5]

I go out the back door, circle the house and surprise em from the rear.

Posted: 2/7/2023 5:56:46 PM EST

[#6]

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I look at the Ring camera before doing anything else.

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I did that last time and it was a masked Asian dude at the wrong house

They live next door

Posted: 2/7/2023 6:00:54 PM EST

[#7]

Happened to me long ago. I was studying for college at 1AM when there was a knock on the door. This was out in the country far from other houses.

I opened the door with a revolver in my hand. The person knocking seemed confused and looking for a room number. I gave him directions to the highway and called LEOs to deal with him.

Posted: 2/7/2023 6:02:13 PM EST

[#8]

My GSD sleeps against the front door. He doesn’t like people on his porch.

If he wakes us up I’ll check the camera through my phone.

Posted: 2/7/2023 6:13:44 PM EST

[#9]

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...open app on phone to look at remote camera. If needed, use voice feature to talk to person knocking.

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Posted: 2/7/2023 6:14:40 PM EST

[#10]

It hasn't worked for years. I ask whoever is ringing it how they got it to work again.

Posted: 2/7/2023 6:19:48 PM EST

[#11]

Joke’s on them. I don’t have a doorbell.

Posted: 2/7/2023 6:22:31 PM EST

[#12]

I don't have a doorbell. Never installed one when we had the house built 12 years ago. I would be very confused.

Posted: 2/7/2023 6:27:02 PM EST

[#13]

I just stumble to the door in the dark and say hello is anyone there .

Same thing I do when I hear a bump in the night . Get up put my bathrobe on and walk around in my dark home saying hello is anyone there .

Posted: 2/7/2023 6:27:07 PM EST

[#14]

Yep, inconspicuously of course and have a phone handy too.

Posted: 2/7/2023 6:29:52 PM EST

[#15]

I always answer the door fully armed and in battle gear!

Posted: 2/7/2023 6:32:01 PM EST

[#16]

Absolutely nobody I consider non shootable will end up on my property unannounced in the middle of the night

Posted: 2/7/2023 6:34:12 PM EST

[#17]

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This is false.
The first movie, the phone lines were down in the neighborhood.
The second movie, perhaps.

Posted: 2/7/2023 6:35:06 PM EST

[#18]

I'd be wondering who fixed the doorbell.

Posted: 2/7/2023 6:40:05 PM EST

[#19]

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I look at the Ring camera before doing anything else.

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This. The ring would alert before they even got to the door

Posted: 2/7/2023 6:40:18 PM EST

[#20]

I’d call the cows from an upstairs window. My actual yard is tiny, and is really just a couple hundred feet of fenced in pasture.

Posted: 2/7/2023 6:54:14 PM EST

[#21]

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I don't answer but I arm myself and sit in the dark to see what happens next.

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Posted: 2/7/2023 6:57:09 PM EST

[#22]

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“My car broke down, can I use your phone…” will be the last thing you hear before the home invasion.

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You are probably right... doing a mag dump from an AR indoors would mean I wouldn't be hearing much, at least for a while.

Posted: 2/7/2023 6:57:28 PM EST

[#23]

Correct order is as follows
Dig hole
Buy tarp
Be awoken at 2am by door knockers
Shoot through door.
Check cameras and delete footage
Utilize tarps and hole.
Mount new door from stock

Posted: 2/7/2023 7:00:12 PM EST

[#24]

Poll fail. Who the fuck actually answers the door unless they have a deathwish.

Posted: 2/7/2023 7:04:10 PM EST

[#25]

I look at my doorbell camera, then if I assess there is a threat. I will act accordingly.

Posted: 2/7/2023 7:09:42 PM EST

[#26]

hell, i just open the upstairs window and toss bubbles out to take care of the intruder

Posted: 2/7/2023 7:10:18 PM EST

[#27]

Don't believe in data mining threads?

You're in one.

Posted: 2/7/2023 7:10:23 PM EST

[#28]

I would never answer the door. If anyone knocks on my door after dark and I am not expecting someone I open the second floor window which is above the door and ask who the fuck is it and it is done with a gun in hand.

Posted: 2/7/2023 7:11:36 PM EST

[#29]

ring doorbell camera

Posted: 2/7/2023 7:13:12 PM EST

[#30]

Belt and holster. Talk through the door.

Posted: 2/7/2023 7:15:37 PM EST

[#31]

If I'm getting out of bed in the dark, a firearm is coming with.

Pretty much it holds the flashlight.

Posted: 2/7/2023 7:15:50 PM EST

[#32]

If I'm getting out of bed in the dark, a firearm is coming with.

Pretty much it holds the flashlight.

Posted: 2/7/2023 7:16:59 PM EST

[#33]

Is this before or after the brace registration deadline?

Posted: 2/7/2023 7:17:09 PM EST

[#34]

If someone is banging on my door at 2am out here, I have a problem. I’m not coming to the door, I’m checking cameras and moving to a better position. And yes, I’ll be armed and wearing body armor.

Posted: 2/7/2023 7:19:14 PM EST

[#35]

Cue up Fortunate Son and send in the Roomba.

Posted: 2/7/2023 7:20:16 PM EST

[#36]

Well the driveway alarm went off first followed by a barking dog then the motion lights. By the time the doorbell rings I'm waiting to ask you why you made it to the end of my dead end road. I'm most definitely armed and probably have my phone ready ti dial five o.

Posted: 2/7/2023 7:20:42 PM EST

[#37]

You don't have a video doorbell. Or the Wyze cams are rather cheap. I have them all around my house.

Why would you answer a door at 2am in 2023?

Posted: 2/7/2023 7:21:25 PM EST

[#38]

What kind of stupid question is this?

Why would you not have a gun with you when you answer the door, if you are even going to answer it, at that time?

As others have said, first arm yourself, check doorbell and outside security cameras, and then proceed accordingly.

Posted: 2/7/2023 7:22:38 PM EST

[#39]

If you are going to the door armed, make sure you don’t have any windows where the police can see you or they might put rounds through the door and into you for legally carrying in your own home. Been done before and pretty sure cop kept his job and didn’t serve time.

Posted: 2/7/2023 7:25:33 PM EST

[#40]

You already know the answer

Posted: 2/7/2023 7:42:41 PM EST

[#41]

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You know all of your kids are at home. You know if it was your parents/family they would’ve called ahead. The only possibility is LE or strangers.

Do you take a gun to the door with you?

I would like the collective genius of GD to settle this debate for me & a co-worker.

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1) I have a Ring Doorbell.
2) I have 8 surveillance cameras including 3 facing the front of the house.

I can figure out what's going on for the most part and decide from there if I need one.

Posted: 2/7/2023 7:46:53 PM EST

[#42]

I arm myself while looking at the ring camera. If I don't recognize I call the PoPo and stay frosty.

Posted: 2/7/2023 7:47:10 PM EST

[#43]

First of all I would already see you on camera, but after that it's nods and I'm slipping out the back door to come around and say hi.

Posted: 2/7/2023 7:51:30 PM EST

[#44]

shit I would probably open the door in full battle rattle.

Posted: 2/7/2023 7:51:45 PM EST

[#45]

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Step 1, roll out of bed and throw on rifle plates.

then open app on phone to look at remote camera. If needed, use voice feature to talk to person knocking.

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this.

Posted: 2/7/2023 7:54:14 PM EST

[#46]

Grab my AR and check the Nest cam to see who it is.

Posted: 2/7/2023 7:54:28 PM EST

[#47]

Regardless one way or the other this is a situation that needs to be dealt with one way or another, friendly or foe.

Check cameras as dressing.
Arm, cond 1.
Clear house on way to defensible position near door (unless house is un-compromisable, ie bunker)
Identify target further remotely via cameras.
Pop Smoke (remote launchers)
Identify target as friendly or foe (If friendly they deserve smoke for waking me at 2 AM)

Proceed as necessary.