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Posted by Dragline45: Absolutely [really think that having a gun in hand would prevent you from being overpowered by three thugs].
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I don't.
Think about it. If they
are violent criminal actors,
they know that they are and they what they intend to do, and you do not. The door is open, they are in bad breath range, you can expect them to attack tumultuously and with great speed if they
are bad guys, and there is nothing you can do until you have determined their true intent.
Try this: hire a half dozen big guys with training knives to ring your door-bell, in groups of three, five or ten times. Come to the door with an airsoft gun. Sometimes they are bad guys, and sometimes not--only they know.
See how many bad guys you can shoot on each occasion before they cut you.
And see how many good guys you shoot by mistake.
Pay them only when they win, and pay them well.
I have a firearm with me when I come to the door, but I am under no illusion that it will ward off evil spirits once I have opened the door.
Kind of like trying a Tueller drill after the perps have already closed the distance. It's enough of a challenge at twenty one feet, believe me.