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I have not lived in the nicest of areas over the last 45 years. I have had three break-ins. Yes, THREE Real Deal Break-ins-I'M AT HOME real f'ing deal break-ins. First Break-In: I'm 19 years old. Second floor apartment Salt Lake City, Utah 3am. Wife woke me saying someone was sliding the kitchen window open. C'mon, really we are on the second floor! We have NO PHONE. I grab .35 Remington Model 8, take off safety-quietly, go to kitchen window. The guy has one leg in the apartment and the other outside. I press the muzzle or Remington against his left temple. He decides he has the wrong apartment. Retreats. I close window, lock it and try to go back to sleep. BTW, he had climbed up the front entry roof and was standing on a very small overhang so it was hard for him to get in the window from that angle. Second Break-In: I'm 30 years old, St. Paul Minnesota. We are putting a second floor addition for my three year old daughters bedroom (4th bedroom). Scaffolding out side. No windows in yet. All three bedrooms are on second floor. About 1am on a Sunday wife wakes me to, "Someone is on scaffolding!". I open gun vault, grap 1911 Colt go to hallway so I am between the burglar and my kids bedrooms-this is all I really care about anyway. Wife on phone with police. I'm not about to turn the corner (LEFT) to see where he is but I'm sure he is stealing the construction tools in the new bedroom and that's ok with me. I do not know where he is, gotta take a look, safety off, turn left corner quickly he is 18" off the end of my gun! Point gun at his chest, I start to squeeze trigger and wife screams, "Get the F--- outta my house." He dodges right and thru window (no window installed yet). He falls onto the lawn gets up and runs to back alley fence (6 feet), scales it and he is gone. Police arrive 10 minutes later-felt like an hour. Third Break-In: I'm 39 years old, SMALL TOWN, Oregon. About 2am, my dog barks downstairs. He is a good dog. I tell him, "Quiet!". Dog never barks again. Burglar steals small crap and about $35 from the plate by the front door. My $35 cheap home security system. If you drive home, come inside and the $35 is missing you have been burglarized, go back to car, drive away, call police. Lessons: Get wife-I NEVER would have woke up without her. Believe dog. Don't think you are going to be all bright and smart when it happens IF it ever happens! Scary part about second burglar-he was NOT there to steal the tools or he would have. The point is it never seemed to go the way all the tough gun guys talk about. Patrol home with fancy gun with laser sight or multiple guns with laser sights, kill burglars, stop home invasion, be hero, etc etc. Just Sayin'. Make what you will of it I don't need any Monday morning quarterbacks Thanks for reading, Have a great day.