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What Would You Do? If you Caught A Burglar in Your Home

Tail Wagger

Well I'm sure we've all thought about it from time to time, but if it this really happened to you.

If you arrived home some day to your home and found someone [a burglar] ransacking your belongings?...

[1] Would you.... give him a 5 minute start before ringing the cops?

[2] Would you.....Make a cup of tea, and sit down and talk it over?

[3] would you.....Take out your photo's and show him where next to rob?

[4] would you..... Do none of the above and sort it yourself?

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Bugnug

smurgen wrote: »

yeah im 6'2 and 16 stone and would brick it to find someone in my house which is exactly the reason I would fight like my life depended on it.Being macho wouldn't come into it,i'd more see what ever violent actions on my part as a necessity. But to answer the question i'd probably try my best to decapitate the person with whatever came closest to hand,be it chairs, fists of hover attachments. and if i were to kill someone i would feel zero guilt. simple rule: don't enter someone elses house without their permission and you don't have to worry about being harmed.it's a simple, basic rule

I very much doubt that you first of all would kill somebody and second of all if you did you would feel zero guilt. Taking another human beings life for any reason whether accidental of intentional I believe would be the most horrific experience ever. Think about it for a moment and if you still feel the same then I would be concerned about myself if I were you. Seriously.

smurgen

Bugnug wrote: »

I very much doubt that you first of all would kill somebody and second of all if you did you would feel zero guilt. Taking another human beings life for any reason whether accidental of intentional I believe would be the most horrific experience ever. Think about it for a moment and if you still feel the same then I would be concerned about myself if I were you. Seriously.

I doubt i'd kill them either,but god only knows what would happen in a scuffle.and i wouldn't feel any guilt-they would have known the risks and would have paid the price.put simply i know if i enter someone's house in an unwanted fashion then i know i deserve what ever happens to me therefore i don't.if someone doesn't want to get hurt then dont break into another persons house,their only private/safe place in the world.

FunnyStuff

Dunno what i would do to be honest, probably need to be in that situation to find out, needless to say the safety of my wife and little girl would come first. But an work colleague of mine caught a guy in his living room one night and shot him point blank in the head with a paintball gun, before giving him what he called "a head massage".

Bugnug

smurgen wrote: »

I doubt i'd kill them either,but god only knows what would happen in a scuffle.and i wouldn't feel any guilt-they would have known the risks and would have paid the price.put simply i know if i enter someone's house in an unwanted fashion then i know i deserve what ever happens to me therefore i don't.if someone doesn't want to get hurt then dont break into another persons house,their only private/safe place in the world.

Seriously man I agree with you that the home is a place that should be safe and private. I really hope you never end up in a situation where you kill somebody as I am certain this would ruin your and your families life for as long as you would live. You would carry that with you for the rest of your life and you would never escape it. Good luck.

Holsten

I'd probably **** myself and freeze with fear.

poppyvalley

jeez !!I'd probably have aheart attack and just tell him to help himself, as long as he dosent hurt anyone:eek:

Odysseus

Degsy wrote: »

Both barrels of No.7 shot in the groin.

I would go with 00 50grm magums, if they don't do the job your up against a serious intruder;)

More than likely it would be late at night and your where just about to go lamping.

corkcomp

didnt read through all the other replies, but if I was bigger, and thought I was stronger than the burglar, id be making sure he didnt call again (not killing though!) if I thought there was more than one of them and no shot gun handy id be moving away pretty quickly:eek:

zenno

this baseball bat would be hopping up and down off every part of his body untill he was close to death.

hooradiation

Holsten wrote: »

I'd probably **** myself and freeze with fear.

Holsten wins the "Gives an honest answer" award.

In stark contrast to the worryingly detailed Walter Mitty fantasies that everyone else has saw fit to spooge up on here.

Odysseus

hooradiation wrote: »

Holsten wins the "Gives an honest answer" award.

In stark contrast to the worryingly detailed Walter Mitty fantasies that everyone else has saw fit to spooge up on here.

How can you know what people would do, I stopped a bloke climbing out of next door's window a few years ago. I held him for over 20 mins waiting on the cops ro arrive. The had not come by then so I let him go, it was getting too messy.

If I will do this for someone else, I will certainly protect my own home. Some for various reasons can't or won't. However, you can't project your own fears or whatever on to the rest of this site. Well you can you just won't be right.

zenno

hooradiation wrote: »

Holsten wins the "Gives an honest answer" award.

In stark contrast to the worryingly detailed Walter Mitty fantasies that everyone else has saw fit to spooge up on here.

so are you saying i'm not giving an honest answer ? how would you know what people would do. I know what i would do because i done it before so basically you don't know what you are even talking about. if a burglar enters your private property in any case at all he should know that he could be killed simple as that. and if he chances his arm and does it then tough he will be close to death. do you think people living on their own don't sleep with a knife or a crowbar. think again.

experiMental

Simple. Pepper spray will work wonders. You could buy these in camping shops.

LookingFor

My cousin visited with his wife today...told a story about the wife's sister who was at home one evening. Her child was upstairs asleep, she was downstairs watching TV. Partner wasn't home.

She was there watching TV, and a guy just came down her stairs, and walked out the front door. A guy who'd somehow broken into the house. She got hysterical, went to the kitchen, called my cousin's wife, then my cousin (since the phone rang off). As she was on the phone, the burglar came around the back of the house, then tapped on the patio door and waved. Understandably she started freaking out.

My cousin and his wife lived just across from her, so they immediately went over. My cousin got out the car to start looking for this guy cos they were afraid he'd come back. The burglar ended up stealing another neighbours car, so he gave chase, and eventually managed to catch the guy, after he crashed the car. Cousin held him until police came. Special branch apparently came, batons and guns and everything, because they suspected he was armed. In the confusion, my cousin managed to get knocked in the eye by one of the police, but anyway, the burglar was apprehended. Turned out to be one of their most wanted.

They don't know what happened to him after that. But scary story. Could you imagine, the first you see of a burglar is him coming down the stairs and out the front door! And coming back around to tap on the window...that's just menacing.

zenno

interesting story. but that particular burglar was caught from out side of the house but i can imagine the fright the lady got on her own with her kid upstairs as well. my whole point as i've went over it in my head so many times through the years is that you have to condition yourself to know what to do incase such a thing does happen. the burglar or could be two of them will normally be armed with a couple of screwdrivers so in essence they will definately use these tools on you in your own home if they think they might get caught. so the way i look at it is i have conditioned myself to react in only one way before he gets the chance to stick something into me i just get it over with as fast as i can and fix him before he even knows what to do.

Bugnug wrote: »

I see alot of guys on here with very macho attitudes to this problem. I am 6"2, 14 stone rugby player who has done door work in NZ, Aus and Ireland. If somebody broke in to my house I would lock myself and my pregnant wife in our bedroom, call the police and wait for the burglar to leave. There are so many dangerous people out there with waepons who are prepared to use them its, not worth taking them on. I know a few big tough guys who have found themselves in this situation and they were the first to admit that they **** themselves.

if you're 6'2" and 14 stone then you're pretty fúcking skinny tbh.
tis no wonder you'd lock yourself away

Doop

Have to say I think half the answers here are total B.S.

How many burglars get confronted in other peoples homes every year in Ireland? and how many end up dead, as most posters seem to think is how they would react?

You might have some super macho plan in your head now, but you're never prepared for waking up to hear someone in your house. Your house is your home, nobody goes to sleep thinking every night what they'll do if they hear something.

And if you do see someone in your home, you'll probably yell they'll run and they'll be gone before you have time to realise what just happened.

barochoc

hooradiation wrote: »

Stop that!
You can't tell lies on the Internet!

Is that the best you could do?

Pathetic.

There's always one.

Unless you were the one on the receiving end in this TRUE story!

barochoc

SV wrote: »

if you're 6'2" and 14 stone then you're pretty fúcking skinny tbh.
tis no wonder you'd lock yourself away

Not if you're very lean!

6'2" & 14St of pure muscle is serious.

You need to pick up a book or watch some real sports!

barochoc wrote: »

Not if you're very lean!

6'2" & 14St of pure muscle is serious.

You need to pick up a book or watch some real sports!

Watch some real sports? lol..I love rugby..but 6'2" and 14 stone is never impressive.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Yeah, 6"2 and 14 stone isn't something to really brag about.

@Hoorehead or whatever, how do you know how anyone would react, fair enough there might be a few BSers in the thread, but not everyone is. As I said already in the thread, if I hear a noise downstairs or if someone knocks on the door after dark my first instinct is to grab a hurl or anything that could protect me from an attack, my heart races and I'm shítting myself, yes, but I'm ready to defend myself.

zenno

Doop wrote: »

Have to say I think half the answers here are total B.S.

How many burglars get confronted in other peoples homes every year in Ireland? and how many end up dead, as most posters seem to think is how they would react?

You might have some super macho plan in your head now, but you're never prepared for waking up to hear someone in your house. Your house is your home, nobody goes to sleep thinking every night what they'll do if they hear something.

And if you do see someone in your home, you'll probably yell they'll run and they'll be gone before you have time to realise what just happened.

look it's not a macho thing at all. it is just something i would do personally i would not allow myself to take a chance just incase they were junkies. and personally i would not harm a person any other time but if a junkie or i don't know who or what they are break in then action has to be taken. and hideing in a room is a thing that most people would do there is nothing wrong with that but other people will face it head on thats all i'm saying we are not all the same we all do things differently. well the best alarm on the planet is a dog if it is trained properly and at an age of 1 year.

barochoc

SV wrote: »

Watch some real sports? lol..I love rugby..but 6'2" and 14 stone is never impressive.

Ha ha ha ha.... brilliant. Someone convinced they know what they're talking about.

OK, what about these two highly respected MMA Fighters?

Now considering the guy on the right is only 6'1" well let that one slide.

Let's pick the current UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva.
He's 6'2" & only 185Lbs in this picture, that's 13st 3Lbs!!!!!!!!

He is considered to be the best pound for pound fighter in MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) He would rip your head off in a few seconds! Try breaking in to his house & see what happens.

This is what happens to ex champions when he decides to fight a little heavier... say, 14st 8Lbs if I'm right, that's 205Lbs!

Heres another middleweight fighter that stands 6'2" Tall. His name is Jason MacDonald. He's a skinny little pup isn't he? Wouldn't punch his way out of a paper back eh?

So a few more 205Lb fighters because what's the difference between 14st & 14.5st eh?

The 6'4" Jon Jones weighing in at a measly 205Lbs here. Look him up! Ripping people apart in the sport!

The 6'2" Keith Jardine weighing in at 205 before a fight. Poor guy must have an eating disorder. He's wasting away!!!!

Here's a picture of James Irvin imposing his will on some poor unfortunate. James is 6'2", terrible skinny though, look at his ribs sticking out!

You see, I don't think you know much if at all anything about sport. A few rugby players running around a pitch & 6'2" & 16-17st doesn't scare me like one of these guys would.

You need to get your head around a ripped person & a bulky person

barochoc wrote: »

Ha ha ha ha.... brilliant. Someone convinced they know what they're talking about.

OK, what about these two highly respected MMA Fighters?

Now considering the guy on the right is only 6'1" well let that one slide.

Let's pick the current UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva.
He's 6'2" & only 185Lbs in this picture, that's 13st 3Lbs!!!!!!!!

He is considered to be the best pound for pound fighter in MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) He would rip your head off in a few seconds! Try breaking in to his house & see what happens.

This is what happens to ex champions when he decides to fight a little heavier... say, 14st 8Lbs if I'm right, that's 205Lbs!

Heres another middleweight fighter that stands 6'2" Tall. His name is Jason MacDonald. He's a skinny little pup isn't he? Wouldn't punch his way out of a paper back eh?

So a few more 205Lb fighters because what's the difference between 14st & 14.5st eh?

The 6'4" Jon Jones weighing in at a measly 205Lbs here. Look him up! Ripping people apart in the sport!

The 6'2" Keith Jardine weighing in at 205 before a fight. Poor guy must have an eating disorder. He's wasting away!!!!

Here's a picture of James Irvin imposing his will on some poor unfortunate. James is 6'2", terrible skinny though, look at his ribs sticking out!

You see, I don't think you know much if at all anything about sport. A few rugby players running around a pitch & 6'2" & 16-17st doesn't scare me like one of these guys would.

You need to get your head around a ripped person & a bulky person

So you consider a regular 6'2" inch guy to be comparable to professional MMA fighters? lol..interesting stuff alright!

they're all impressive alright, something you MIGHT be missing though..they're professional fighters, they do it for a living..if you can find me one 6'2" chap at 14 stone who looks like that without doing it for a living I'll admit I'm wrong.
To be 6'2" and 14 stone is very very very average, bordering on below it.
to be 6'2" and 14 stone AND look like they do is EXTREMELY rare, and you know it.

so what you're saying is you'd be more afraid of trained fighters than a few rugby players? No shít son.

btw you might take note that Silva relies heavily on technique rather than brute strength.

I know nothing about sport? lol..
yup, never played rugby, gaelic..never did rowing either..didn't train in boxing for 8 years either..
was all in my head apparently!

you need to get your head around the fact that MMA fighters aren't regular people.
and if you want to know what I consider impressive then look at the heavyweight mma fighters, that's impressive.

oh yes, and Fedor is the best pound for pound fighter in the world tbh.

Vinta81

Scream for Dad and then leg it back up too my room, because it's a universal law that if you're under the bedcovers you can't be touched!

barochoc

SV wrote: »

So you consider a regular 6'2" inch guy to be comparable to professional MMA fighters? lol..interesting stuff alright!

they're all impressive alright, something you MIGHT be missing though..they're professional fighters, they do it for a living..if you can find me one 6'2" chap at 14 stone who looks like that without doing it for a living I'll admit I'm wrong.
To be 6'2" and 14 stone is very very very average, bordering on below it.
to be 6'2" and 14 stone AND look like they do is EXTREMELY rare, and you know it.

so what you're saying is you'd be more afraid of trained fighters than a few rugby players? No shít son.

btw you might take note that Silva relies heavily on technique rather than brute strength.

I know nothing about sport? lol..
yup, never played rugby, gaelic..never did rowing either..didn't train in boxing for 8 years either..
was all in my head apparently!

you need to get your head around the fact that MMA fighters aren't regular people.
and if you want to know what I consider impressive then look at the heavyweight mma fighters, that's impressive.

oh yes, and Fedor is the best pound for pound fighter in the world tbh.

Well what do you know. There are many guys like this walking around every day. As big as these guys too. Ripped. They're called amateur fighters & just because they're not pro doesn't mean they wouldn't rip you a new blowhole.

I'm not going to argue the rest because you're calling 6'2" & 14st average. You've already proved to me how much you know about conditioning.

Fedor is considered by many people to be the best pound for pound MMA fighter. He hasn't fought anyone of the caliber in the top 5 of middleweight, Light Heavyweight or Heavyweight in UFC. If you call his physique impressive then you need to go to specsavers!

barochoc wrote: »

Well what do you know. There are many guys like this walking around every day. As big as these guys too. Ripped. They're called amateur fighters & just because they're not pro doesn't mean they wouldn't rip you a new blowhole.

I'm not going to argue the rest because you're calling 6'2" & 14st average. You've already proved to me how much you know about conditioning.

Fedor is considered by many people to be the best pound for pound MMA fighter. He hasn't fought anyone of the caliber in the top 5 of middleweight, Light Heavyweight or Heavyweight in UFC. If you call his physique impressive then you need to go to specsavers!

lol, nice save there. Haven't seen a single amateur fighter in Ireland looking anywhere near that good.
lol, you don't have any idea who I am or what I'm capable of myself so how on earth could you know?
I mean..do you even know my real name?

ehm..it is average/below, just because you've seen a few pictures of guys who are ripped (and eh..Silva isn't btw, like I said, he relies on technique) you think that 6'2" and 14 stone is (in your words) 'serious' I mean..seriously?!
Those fighters are serious but only because of their training and low BF.

and eh http://www.matratz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/fedor.jpg looks a lot more impressive to me than some guys who simply strip down near all BF and look completely ripped!

No please, argue the rest. Go and prove me wrong if I'm sooo wrong

dammitjanet

My dog would eat them

flanum

this has always been my fear.. cos i sleep in the nip.. i have this vision of me running after some barsteward and chasing him out the door and the feckin door closin behind me and me in me balls!!

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

I'd honestly stay in my room... I'm not a small lad, but i'm not superman either and I realise that I am not invincible. Saying that, if I knew there was only one I would try to scare him off. Is your life worth risking for the sake of your belongings? You can get them back... but not if your dead.