Well where I live people were actual like jehovah witness and knocking on doors kidnapping people so I'd open with a bat.
I would hide a weapon behind my back so if they attack... MUAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAH They shall suffer the consequences.
I open it naturally, with a grenade in hand. This way at least one of them go down with me, and they can't catch me alive. God knows what are the intentions of that random guy with letters in hand, I can never trust someone who delivers bills.
Hah! You people open the knocked doors? I let my younger brother do it when my parents aren't around!
j When I am at home, knocking does shit. We have a intercom nat our front door, you press the button and identify yourself, then you wait for our next door to unlock, for that someone from inside must come personally and fetch you. When I was in a hostel in another city, I had frequent visitors at nights (we got hungry at 2-3am in the morning)sometimes at 2am or 3am.(Hostel doors close at 11pm, so either someone with conjections can come inside or its someone already living inside the building) If you are too tired, ignore. If they are disturbing you, scream 'Screw off'. If they dont back down, give them a threat that you will be opening the door in three seconds, and if your face is what I see, I will smash it. Mostly it is all about reputation. Everybody in the hostel knew me. Yes almost fifty people living in seperate rooms in a very big building, and they all knew me, and when someone knows a lot of people, people know that he is someoje not to mess with. Frankly, have a weapon with you always just in case,mbe it simple as a newspaper that is rolled, I always have my pocket knife with me, my belt, my keys or my personal favourite, my pen. But what counts more than having weapons is your attitude and especially your eyes, you dont want to be seen as scared,mthat is especially truemif you are really scared. So here is a general protocal to follow. Ask the one knocking to identify themsleves. If they are someone you know, and the time is reasonable and you go on. If they are someone you dont know, act like you just got a call from someone who is coming to your room with their friends,mand make sure you teol them someone is knocking in your door right now.
I live in Indonesia. Public order is relatively good. No need to be scared that a *insert your most hated race/ethnic here* pointing at me with a gun. So, nothing. Also, in Indonesia, the front door of most houses is always opened when someone is in the house. Better ventilation and I can see if someone is coming. EDIT: Perhaps a bit culture information is needed for non-Indonesian. In most Indonesian culture, open door means that the house owner is accepting guests. Hospitality is still a big thing in Eastern Culture. So most houses open their door in the morning and afternoon. If a house have closed door then that means: the houseowner is asleep, away, or not accepting guests. If a house always close the door, then the houseowner might be deemed as Indonesian equivalent of hikkikomori or loner. But in modern house complex, this rule was not observed anymore. As people hardly know their neighbour, unlike traditional house complex. I believe that if a citizen feels afraid even in their own house, then that country had failed in establishing public order.
I will ask first who is it, if I don't know them. Let them wait outside for long. MUAHAHAHA! Who know, they might be a burglar or sth.
I live in the US. I generally let someone else in my household get the door. Our door doesn't get knocked on a lot though. I've also been canvassing (you go around knocking on doors for some sort of campaign) before, and most people either aren't home/don't open the door, or they open the door (I can't recall anyone having a weapon). These were safe neighborhoods, so who knows.
It's funny how people in the developed world is more paranoid of strangers than we in the developing world...
Still moving and kicking? We can use this Coulin Furze homemade weaponary and armed vehicle to welcome(disable) our guest
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