A Reddit user said one of the stories that stuck with him hardest happened before he even had his carry permit. According to his comment in the thread, he was living with his wife and kids when somebody started pounding on the front door. It was not a normal knock and it was not somebody casually standing on the porch. From the way he told it, the pounding was aggressive enough right away that his wife went to look and immediately realized something was wrong. She saw a man in a ski mask outside the door.
He wrote that his wife came and got him, and when he saw what was going on, he grabbed the shotgun. The guy outside was still hammering on the door. This was not one of those situations where the noise stopped once the people inside made it clear the house was occupied. The intruder kept at it. The commenter said he took up position with the shotgun pointed at the door, ready in case the next few seconds turned into a forced entry.
According to the story, the pounding finally stopped, and the man ran off before getting inside. He did not describe firing through the door or chasing the guy outside. He held the shotgun on the entry, stayed put, and the threat broke off before the door gave way. The way he told it, that was enough to burn the lesson into him. He said the whole event convinced him to go get his permit after that.
That was the full story he gave in the thread. His wife spotted a masked man pounding on the front door, he armed himself with a shotgun, and he covered the entrance until the banging stopped and the man fled. No shot was fired, but the whole thing changed how he thought about being prepared in his own home.
What do you think — if your wife saw a man in a ski mask pounding on the front door, would you go to the door with a shotgun like he did, or be thinking about getting everyone deeper into the house first?
Original Reddit post: Have you had to draw your weapon?
