6flightsup

6flightsup t1_j0v35y8 wrote

Even the castle doctrine doesn’t sit right with me in some common scenarios. I’m holding fire if all residents here are upstairs and in their bedrooms. I plan and practice taking a position between the bedrooms and the stairwell. The intruder can take all of the valuables that they can get from downstairs before the cops arrive. I hope that they are caught, but protecting my stuff is less important than any human life. I’m going direct to lethal if they attempt to come upstairs though.

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6flightsup t1_izombp4 wrote

Reply to comment by bardiche-like-thing in Yikes by MollyClock

Yeah. I think there is a component of people like these that has a deep seated insecurity. They seem to think that their stickers show that they have cajones when they are very fearful on the inside. The zealous “defense” of their personal property seems to come from a place of insecurity. Same with their guns. They like to show them off and put AR 15 silhouette stickers on their cars. I own an AR and other firearms. It would be just plain stupid to advertise that fact. Unless one values the projection of some warped sense of John Wayne manliness more than tactical advantage and security. Warped manliness in a Baltimore city cop certainly checks a stereotype box!

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6flightsup OP t1_iwwimrw wrote

They built these little curbed islands near the curb on a road I frequent in AA county. There is a bikeable strip of road near the curb and the islands make the travel lane fairly narrow. With a third island in the center of the roadway. I was skeptical but it is astonishing how effective they are at slowing people down. I almost always see brake lights as people approach them. I say almost because occasionally someone approaches at an already reasonable speed and doesn’t need to brake.

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