I don't know if he wants to be identified, but i received a kind note from someone, suggesting that some on the board might want an update on a situation I posted about here awhile ago.
Brief Recap:
I woke up to find a man asleep on my bedroom floor. Unthinking, and unarmed, I woke him up and am hugely lucky to have escaped physically unharmed, despite being very shaken up.
I further realized he'd been in my home the day or night before.
6 weeks later, he tried to enter my home again. I had a new dog that barked ferociously and got out of bed in time to slam the door on the guy.
LEO recommended I arm myself.
Thus began a journey of trying to turn me from gun-fearing female to gun-toting female.
Update:
After taking some safety classes and shooting some loaner guns, I purchased two guns. One for home and one for CC. I'm also considering a shotgun.
I took a 2 day handgun intensive. It was awesome, but I still want to take some full force-on-force handgun class.
I signed up for Krav Maga (Israeli military hand-to-hand combat), and have been going 2-3x/week for a few months. I also just survived their 6 hour Home Invasion Seminar a few weeks ago, and did not die of sheer exhaustion.
I carry concealed more often than not, and sleep with a handgun, pepper spray, tactical flashlight, and stun gun next to my bed.
I've improved my home and perimeter security too.
Best of all, got a wonderful new S.O. who had no prior experience with hand guns, but knew something about long guns, loves to shoot, and we're having great fun with that. I'm also happy he's not an anti because at this point, I don't think that could work.
There have been no further security incidents, but my life is forever changed and sometimes, images of the guy trying to get into my house, or standing in my bedroom, are still haunting me.
In the Home Invasion Seminar, they put me into a dark room, in a bed, with a gas mask on (to impair breathing), and had 3 guys "attack" me and I had to fight my way out. I was left with mixed feelings over the exercise and am not sure if it helped me feel more empowered, or just slightly retraumatized me.
In sum, fathers, husbands, make sure the women in your lives know how to defend themselves. Make sure they understand layered security and tell them they can't and shouldn't rely on a firearm alone. They need to be able to use it and they need to be able to fight if they are unarmed or disarmed.
Buy them the book, "The Gift of Fear." It will change their lives and possibly save them.
Thanks for asking!
Brief Recap:
I woke up to find a man asleep on my bedroom floor. Unthinking, and unarmed, I woke him up and am hugely lucky to have escaped physically unharmed, despite being very shaken up.
I further realized he'd been in my home the day or night before.
6 weeks later, he tried to enter my home again. I had a new dog that barked ferociously and got out of bed in time to slam the door on the guy.
LEO recommended I arm myself.
Thus began a journey of trying to turn me from gun-fearing female to gun-toting female.
Update:
After taking some safety classes and shooting some loaner guns, I purchased two guns. One for home and one for CC. I'm also considering a shotgun.
I took a 2 day handgun intensive. It was awesome, but I still want to take some full force-on-force handgun class.
I signed up for Krav Maga (Israeli military hand-to-hand combat), and have been going 2-3x/week for a few months. I also just survived their 6 hour Home Invasion Seminar a few weeks ago, and did not die of sheer exhaustion.
I carry concealed more often than not, and sleep with a handgun, pepper spray, tactical flashlight, and stun gun next to my bed.
I've improved my home and perimeter security too.
Best of all, got a wonderful new S.O. who had no prior experience with hand guns, but knew something about long guns, loves to shoot, and we're having great fun with that. I'm also happy he's not an anti because at this point, I don't think that could work.
There have been no further security incidents, but my life is forever changed and sometimes, images of the guy trying to get into my house, or standing in my bedroom, are still haunting me.
In the Home Invasion Seminar, they put me into a dark room, in a bed, with a gas mask on (to impair breathing), and had 3 guys "attack" me and I had to fight my way out. I was left with mixed feelings over the exercise and am not sure if it helped me feel more empowered, or just slightly retraumatized me.
In sum, fathers, husbands, make sure the women in your lives know how to defend themselves. Make sure they understand layered security and tell them they can't and shouldn't rely on a firearm alone. They need to be able to use it and they need to be able to fight if they are unarmed or disarmed.
Buy them the book, "The Gift of Fear." It will change their lives and possibly save them.
Thanks for asking!