On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:52:57 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:



By this time I am thinking, "This is stupid. What if the person in the
barn is armed?" I looked around in the dark for anything I could use as a
makeshift weapon .... piece of wood .... anything, but there was nothing.

As I pondered the situation, the light re-appeared from the barn. So, I
jumped out from behind the tree and roared as loudly as I could, "What the
hell's going on?" and started moving towards the light, adrenalin pumping.

A voice in the dark replied, "****!" ..... then another voice called out to
me ... Then, out of the dark, two cops, dressed in black, one holding the
lease of a beautiful, but threatening black German Shepard came towards me.

I identified myself as the home owner and had seen unusual lights. Turns
out they were tracking a car thief operating in the neighborhood and the dog
had led them to our property.

Searched all around until dawn, but didn't find him. My heart has finally
stopped racing.

Heh. Gets you thinking, doesn't it?
Maybe if you had been armed and snuck into a good position, but got
spotted by the cops, it could have gotten interesting.
When I was a kid I was hiding from the cops. Just out past curfew.
Somebody had reported "intruders" in the area.
It was me and a couple other twelve year olds waiting for another
friend to sneak out. We used to "camp" in the park when they had
bushes with tunnel structures. Almost like a city in there.
They cut down all those bushes in city parks about ten years later
after a couple of rapes in other parks.
Anyway, the other guys ran off and I ducked into a sort of an alcove
of the apartment building where the chimney was.
Soon a cop that was snooping for the "intruder" inched around to me
with gun drawn and shone a flashlight in my face.
If I had bolted at the right time he might have shot me instead of
driving me home to my ma.
Tricky stuff.
I usually let out the loud, commanding shout like you did, but I may
have just called 911 instead. Getting too old to have my heart
racing.

--Vic

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:52:57 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:



Tricky stuff.
I usually let out the loud, commanding shout like you did, but I may
have just called 911 instead. Getting too old to have my heart
racing.

--Vic


You've got that right. I have a shotgun that I keep locked up in the
house. Never used it.
Bought it in Florida after finding a huge rattlesnake at our front door.

As I hid behind the tree I was thinking about it, and the cell phone I had
left on the table in the house.
I am glad I didn't think about taking the shotgun. I'd probably be in the
hospital right now.

I think if I awoke and discovered someone *in* our house, I'd probably use
it.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:52:57 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


Tricky stuff.
I usually let out the loud, commanding shout like you did, but I may
have just called 911 instead. Getting too old to have my heart
racing.

--Vic


You've got that right. I have a shotgun that I keep locked up in the
house. Never used it.
Bought it in Florida after finding a huge rattlesnake at our front door.

As I hid behind the tree I was thinking about it, and the cell phone I had
left on the table in the house.
I am glad I didn't think about taking the shotgun. I'd probably be in the
hospital right now.

I think if I awoke and discovered someone *in* our house, I'd probably use
it.

Eisboch



You have no duty under the laws of your state to retreat in your house
if you think an intruder is going to harm you or a family member. I'm
not sure you would get the same pass for an outdoor trespasser.

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:38:58 -0400, HK wrote:


You have no duty under the laws of your state to retreat in your house
if you think an intruder is going to harm you or a family member. I'm
not sure you would get the same pass for an outdoor trespasser.

Laws aside, I don't think I'd be wanting to get into a gunfight with two
cops.

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On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:38:58 -0400, HK wrote:


You have no duty under the laws of your state to retreat in your house
if you think an intruder is going to harm you or a family member. I'm
not sure you would get the same pass for an outdoor trespasser.

Laws aside, I don't think I'd be wanting to get into a gunfight with two
cops.


Nope. Especially when it was pitch black out. I couldn't see them and I am
sure they couldn't see me very well.

Eisboch

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On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:38:58 -0400, HK wrote:


You have no duty under the laws of your state to retreat in your house
if you think an intruder is going to harm you or a family member. I'm
not sure you would get the same pass for an outdoor trespasser.

Laws aside, I don't think I'd be wanting to get into a gunfight with two
cops.


I wasn't talking about a gunfight with cops somewhere on Eisboch's
property. I doubt the cops are going to bust into Eisboch's *house*
without a warrant. I guarantee the cops in his town know who lives on
his gentleman's estate.






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No way, no how, no McCain!

"hk" wrote in message
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wrote:
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:38:58 -0400, HK wrote:


You have no duty under the laws of your state to retreat in your house
if you think an intruder is going to harm you or a family member. I'm
not sure you would get the same pass for an outdoor trespasser.

Laws aside, I don't think I'd be wanting to get into a gunfight with two
cops.


I wasn't talking about a gunfight with cops somewhere on Eisboch's
property. I doubt the cops are going to bust into Eisboch's *house*
without a warrant. I guarantee the cops in his town know who lives on his
gentleman's estate.



Why does everybody call this place a "Gentleman's Estate"? That's what the
realtors call it also.

This place isn't any Gentleman's Estate. No Gentlemen live here. Mrs.E.
lives here. I am simply the hired help.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
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wrote:
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:38:58 -0400, HK wrote:


You have no duty under the laws of your state to retreat in your house
if you think an intruder is going to harm you or a family member. I'm
not sure you would get the same pass for an outdoor trespasser.
Laws aside, I don't think I'd be wanting to get into a gunfight with two
cops.

I wasn't talking about a gunfight with cops somewhere on Eisboch's
property. I doubt the cops are going to bust into Eisboch's *house*
without a warrant. I guarantee the cops in his town know who lives on his
gentleman's estate.



Why does everybody call this place a "Gentleman's Estate"? That's what the
realtors call it also.

This place isn't any Gentleman's Estate. No Gentlemen live here. Mrs.E.
lives here. I am simply the hired help.

Eisboch




Right. Of course. You got it.


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No way, no how, no McCain!

wrote:
Laws aside, I don't think I'd be wanting to get into a gunfight with two
cops.

Quite true, With few exceptions most cops are lousy shots. UD

UglyDan®©™ wrote:
wrote:
Laws aside, I don't think I'd be wanting to get into a gunfight with two
cops.

Quite true, With few exceptions most cops are lousy shots. UD







I don't know how well "all" cops shoot, but most of the ones I see at
the two indoor ranges I frequent are awful shots and apparently are only
at the range because a trip there every so often is required.