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Old 07-05-2014, 11:18 AM
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Never clear my house....I have indicators that if not in place I back away. I would call LE and have them wait outside if bad people needed to leave, AFTER I activated the ammonia dump.
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Old 07-05-2014, 12:43 PM
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Never clear my house....I have indicators that if not in place I back away. I would call LE and have them wait outside if bad people needed to leave, AFTER I activated the ammonia dump.

Where do I get one of those?!!
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Where do I get one of those?!!
I might like one for the car
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I have been trained in how to clear a house etc. If there was not an immediate need for me to clear it, I would wait for the LEO's. I think you should have contingencies for clearing your house from different rooms, entrances. It is good to plan it out before you have to do it.
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Old 07-05-2014, 05:31 PM
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Where do I get one of those?!!
I'm a pipefitter by trade, electrical control wiring by education.......ya can't get one, ya gotta build one. But I do give fair warning in six languages.
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I typically don't, but have on a couple of occasions.
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What I have read says that a single person should not attempt to clear, that only two or more trained persons should.
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What I have read says that a single person should not attempt to clear, that only two or more trained persons should.
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Our senior instructor is our county's senior instructor and swat instructor. He will teach everything to private citizens EXCEPT clearing. Said they do that in teams. IF home and only me and bump in the night, will huddle in corner and call LE...fatal funnel. If kids home, will seek out evil. If coming home and notice, call LE. They will come in a pack, wear body armor, better trained, have many guns and are much braver. I'm still waiting for the bg who wears a bg sign, stands still...in front of a block wall and says, "ok, shoot me". That hasn't happened yet.
Oh, I too will use the ammonia dump.
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I put down routinely but it is more like occasionally. I make sure to do so when everyone is out of the house and with dummy rounds in my pistol but once a month or so seems to be plenty often enough.
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