TehGruu
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Well, unfortunatly, this wasn't the first time that I had drawn a gun when in fear of my life. Thankfully though, I didn't have to pull the trigger this time.
This episode in my life happened in 2001. I was living in some decent apartments in Roanoke, TX. If anyone has ever been there, then you will know that Roanoke is just not a high crime area. As other stories prove however, that doesn't make you safe.
I was 21 at the time and had recently purchased a couple of Glocks, one for myself, and one for my wife at the time since she was only 20. It was about 0230 and I was sleeping. We were still newlyweds so I'll just be tastful and say that I was sleeping good because I was "spent". Anyway, I've never been a very heavy sleeper. Things were pretty quiet in our apartment. The only noise being the ceiling fan and central air unit to lull me into sleep. Suddenly though, I heard a noise down the hall. Like someone tapping on the door with an object. Afetr shaking the cobwebs out I heard the door knob start to jiggle. I was immediatly out of bed and racked the slide of my G23(I was still new to firearms and not comfortable with one in the tube. I keep my weapons loaded and ready at all times now). I told my wife to grab the phone and took off to put myself between the door and her. Things happened so fast that I didn't notice that she was still asleep, she sleeps like the dead.
When I get to the living room I hear the noises loud and clear. I then shout at the top of my lungs, "WRONG F**KING DOOR A**HOLE!" Yeah, I was 21...Anyway, I was in complete darkness and after my profanity laced war cry the fiddling with the door stopped and I heard footsteps making tracks at a high rate of speed away from the door and down the stairs.
My heart was racing, my hands shook a little, my breathing was ragged and my mind was racing. A few seconds later the living room light flipped on. And my former wife saw me standing there pointing my gun at the door. Apparently she didn't hear me when I first got up and was woken up when I used my command voice to shout at the would be intruder. Did I mention that I slept nude at the time? It was a true WTF moment.
Well, unfortunatly, this wasn't the first time that I had drawn a gun when in fear of my life. Thankfully though, I didn't have to pull the trigger this time.
This episode in my life happened in 2001. I was living in some decent apartments in Roanoke, TX. If anyone has ever been there, then you will know that Roanoke is just not a high crime area. As other stories prove however, that doesn't make you safe.
I was 21 at the time and had recently purchased a couple of Glocks, one for myself, and one for my wife at the time since she was only 20. It was about 0230 and I was sleeping. We were still newlyweds so I'll just be tastful and say that I was sleeping good because I was "spent". Anyway, I've never been a very heavy sleeper. Things were pretty quiet in our apartment. The only noise being the ceiling fan and central air unit to lull me into sleep. Suddenly though, I heard a noise down the hall. Like someone tapping on the door with an object. Afetr shaking the cobwebs out I heard the door knob start to jiggle. I was immediatly out of bed and racked the slide of my G23(I was still new to firearms and not comfortable with one in the tube. I keep my weapons loaded and ready at all times now). I told my wife to grab the phone and took off to put myself between the door and her. Things happened so fast that I didn't notice that she was still asleep, she sleeps like the dead.
When I get to the living room I hear the noises loud and clear. I then shout at the top of my lungs, "WRONG F**KING DOOR A**HOLE!" Yeah, I was 21...Anyway, I was in complete darkness and after my profanity laced war cry the fiddling with the door stopped and I heard footsteps making tracks at a high rate of speed away from the door and down the stairs.
My heart was racing, my hands shook a little, my breathing was ragged and my mind was racing. A few seconds later the living room light flipped on. And my former wife saw me standing there pointing my gun at the door. Apparently she didn't hear me when I first got up and was woken up when I used my command voice to shout at the would be intruder. Did I mention that I slept nude at the time? It was a true WTF moment.