Hello Folks,
I'm posting this as an AAR to an incident that occurred in my home tonight. I feel it will help me analyze my reaction and recollection to events and also get some feedback from the community here. Thanks for the read.
My wife and I were relaxing before bed tonight (9-6, 2350 approx.), in our basement entertainment room, when we heard a loud crash and what sounded like glass breaking and shuffling feet. I immediately grabbed the closest firearm, my EDC glock 17 and told my wife to dial the cops if she heard anything else.
I proceeded to go up the steps that lead to my kitchen and I start my clearing routine. Immediately I'm stuck with a bad choice. There are two doorways in my kitchen, one that leads to the dining room and the other to a hallway with another door to my office at the opposite end of it and stairs leading up next to the kitchen. Approaching either leaves me exposed to the other. I rush through into the dining room and quickly scan; nothing. From there, I move into my living toom , once again, nothing. Now I position myself at the opposite end of the aforementioned hallway and prepare to move into my office. I round the corner and move into the office, a quick scan reveals nothing. Now I turn and move back into the hallway and up the stairs. My staircase is odd in that it leads to a t shaped hallway, that, when walking up normally, leaves my back to the only two rooms on the upper floor. Knowing this, I walk up the stairs backwards with my eyes on the rooms. As I walk I can see my wife's cat crouching on the balcony overlooking the staircase. I top the stairs and head towards the rooms. Once again, faced with two bad choices, because the rooms are opposite each other, entering one leaves me exposed to the other. I choose left and rush and clear that room and quickly move across the hall into the other. Nothing.
Now I can relax
I go back through my house to try and find what made all the commotion. From what I can tell, the cat was playing with one of its toys when it knocked over a broom in the kitchen, causing it to take off running, knocking over a vase and breaking it. The shuffling was from the toy, which was still tangled in its paws, when I finally found the cat again.
The whole process from basement to upper floor took about 2minutes.
I'm posting this as an AAR to an incident that occurred in my home tonight. I feel it will help me analyze my reaction and recollection to events and also get some feedback from the community here. Thanks for the read.
My wife and I were relaxing before bed tonight (9-6, 2350 approx.), in our basement entertainment room, when we heard a loud crash and what sounded like glass breaking and shuffling feet. I immediately grabbed the closest firearm, my EDC glock 17 and told my wife to dial the cops if she heard anything else.
I proceeded to go up the steps that lead to my kitchen and I start my clearing routine. Immediately I'm stuck with a bad choice. There are two doorways in my kitchen, one that leads to the dining room and the other to a hallway with another door to my office at the opposite end of it and stairs leading up next to the kitchen. Approaching either leaves me exposed to the other. I rush through into the dining room and quickly scan; nothing. From there, I move into my living toom , once again, nothing. Now I position myself at the opposite end of the aforementioned hallway and prepare to move into my office. I round the corner and move into the office, a quick scan reveals nothing. Now I turn and move back into the hallway and up the stairs. My staircase is odd in that it leads to a t shaped hallway, that, when walking up normally, leaves my back to the only two rooms on the upper floor. Knowing this, I walk up the stairs backwards with my eyes on the rooms. As I walk I can see my wife's cat crouching on the balcony overlooking the staircase. I top the stairs and head towards the rooms. Once again, faced with two bad choices, because the rooms are opposite each other, entering one leaves me exposed to the other. I choose left and rush and clear that room and quickly move across the hall into the other. Nothing.
Now I can relax
I go back through my house to try and find what made all the commotion. From what I can tell, the cat was playing with one of its toys when it knocked over a broom in the kitchen, causing it to take off running, knocking over a vase and breaking it. The shuffling was from the toy, which was still tangled in its paws, when I finally found the cat again.
The whole process from basement to upper floor took about 2minutes.
That needs to be revamped a.s.a.p. Another firearm, a different firearm, etc.
