We had the law entirely on our side. The barkeep wanted the guy out of there. We escorted him out and followed him to make sure he'd leave. Had we known that he had a gun in his car. we would have acted differently.

When the cops did show up, we explained the situation to them, gave them his license plate number, and they took note of it and left.

Like I said, we were not armed, and if the guy had actually started shooting, who do you think the cops would want in handcuffs?

Bottom line, everything was copacetic.

Not dumb luck, knowing how to handle situations comes in more handy than weapons the majority of the time, there may be a few, VERY rare few times that wouldn't be the case perhaps, just so rare that it wouldn't even be worth mentioning. As for your claim that I have never helped others, that just shows your own ignorance yet again, I HAVE helped others, sometimes I knew them, sometimes I didn't. It is ALWAYS better to judge the situation BEFORE acting and determine the best way to handle the situation. There are times that things escalate too quickly and action must be taken prematurely, those tend to be much harder to handle but as yet, I have NEVER needed a weapon to handle ANY of the situations.

Not dumb luck, knowing how to handle situations comes in more handy than weapons the majority of the time, there may be a few, VERY rare few times that wouldn't be the case perhaps, just so rare that it wouldn't even be worth mentioning. As for your claim that I have never helped others, that just shows your own ignorance yet again, I HAVE helped others, sometimes I knew them, sometimes I didn't. It is ALWAYS better to judge the situation BEFORE acting and determine the best way to handle the situation. There are times that things escalate too quickly and action must be taken prematurely, those tend to be much harder to handle but as yet, I have NEVER needed a weapon to handle ANY of the situations.

An estimated 3.7 million household
burglaries occurred each year on
average from 2003 to 2007. In about
28% of these burglaries, a household member
was present during the burglary. In 7% of all
household burglaries, a household member
experienced some form of violent victimization
(figure 1).

These estimates of burglary are based on a
revised definition of burglary from the standard
classification in the National Crime
Victimization Survey (NCVS). Historically,
burglary is classified as a property crime except
when someone is home during the burglary and
a household member is attacked or threatened.
When someone is home during a burglary and
experiences violence, NCVS classification rules
categorize the victimization as a personal (rape/
sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated and
simple assault) rather than a property crime
(household burglary, theft, and motor vehicle
theft). In this report, the definition of household
burglary includes burglaries in which a
household member was a victim of a violent
crime (see Methodology)

Highlights
• An estimated 3.7 million burglaries occurred each year on
average from 2003 to 2007.
• A household member was present in roughly 1 million burglaries and became victims of violent crimes in 266,560 burglaries.
• Simple assault (15%) was the most common form of violence
when a resident was home and violence occurred. Robbery
(7%) and rape (3%) were less likely to occur when a household
member was present and violence occurred.
• Offenders were known to their victims in 65% of violent burglaries; offenders were strangers in 28%.
• Overall, 61% of offenders were unarmed when violence
occurred during a burglary while a resident was present. About
12% of all households violently burglarized while someone was
home faced an offender armed with a firearm.
• Households residing in single family units and higher density
structures of 10 or more units were least likely to be burglarized
(8 per 1,000 households) while a household member was present.
• Serious injury accounted for 9% and minor injury accounted
for 36% of injuries sustained by household members who were
home and experienced violence during a completed burglary.

Source: https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/vdhb.pdf

The facts DO NOT support your position. There are other interesting facts you should consider as well.

https://www.minnpost.com/second-opinion/2012/12/health-risk-having-gun-home/ (Very informative)

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1559827610396294 (For those with EXTREMELY short attention spans)

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hicrc/ (Lots of information in "short attention span" appropriate "blurbs", some irrelevant to the subject matter, most relevant though)

https://www.safewise.com/blog/8-surprising-home-burglary-statistics/ (short but sweet)


I think I will continue taking my chances, which is not to say that I DON'T have guns, and other weapons/make do weapons, such as baseball bats and other things in the home. Just that since I have yet to be invaded while home, or while not home for that matter, I will continue to NOT be paranoid and since brandishing a weapon tends to cause escalation, I will avoid brandishing such a dangerous one as a gun. Most home invaders prefer to "invade" when nobody is home and if you make your presence known, they are likely to leave without confrontation. I know, that isn't what you wanted to hear, but it is fact.

Source: https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/vdhb.pdf

The facts DO NOT support your position. There are other interesting facts you should consider as well.

https://www.minnpost.com/second-opinion/2012/12/health-risk-having-gun-home/ (Very informative)

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1559827610396294 (For those with EXTREMELY short attention spans)

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hicrc/ (Lots of information in "short attention span" appropriate "blurbs", some irrelevant to the subject matter, most relevant though)

https://www.safewise.com/blog/8-surprising-home-burglary-statistics/ (short but sweet)


I think I will continue taking my chances, which is not to say that I DON'T have guns, and other weapons/make do weapons, such as baseball bats and other things in the home. Just that since I have yet to be invaded while home, or while not home for that matter, I will continue to NOT be paranoid and since brandishing a weapon tends to cause escalation, I will avoid brandishing such a dangerous one as a gun. Most home invaders prefer to "invade" when nobody is home and if you make your presence known, they are likely to leave without confrontation. I know, that isn't what you wanted to hear, but it is fact.