A New Way Of Thuggary; Be Careful When Answering The Door This Holiday Season

By James England

It doesn’t matter if you’ve been naughty or nice this holiday season, there’s bad guys looking to take advantage of your complacency. According to ABC 7 News, there’s a new trend popping up where armed robbers and gangbangers will impersonate a UPS or Fed-Ex driver dropping off a package. Once you open the door, they spring into action.

As covered in ABC 7 Houston‘s account, one homeowner was overcome by four armed thugs after the first one at the door successfully pretended to be a UPS driver delivering a package.

When the homeowner came to the door, a second gunman came into action quickly overpowering him.

They depended upon numbers, complacency, and a homeowner’s basic expectations of decency.

We have to get past this idea that everything is as it seems — especially as gun owners and protectors of our home.

The first sin is letting your guard down.

This is an honest mistake. This homeowner made it and I’m more than sure he rather wish he didn’t. Thankfully, he survived to learn that lesson. We can’t all expect the same. This is a four-on-one ambush with four armed, undisciplined criminals. Here’s the problem with criminals — most of them don’t study firearm safety …Read the Rest