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Why the guns.

• DrScump 11y ago
  It's standard to have guns drawn when doing a sweep in response to any report of an unauthorized presence in one's home, even without a claimed eyewitness to a break-in, as in this case. Years ago, after I bought a new house but had not yet moved in (I was moving individual loads as I had time), I came to the new place to find an upstairs light on. Now, I was fairly sure I would not have done that without noticing as I left, but I saw no sign of forced entry or active presence. So, I called the police, explained that this was probably just my screwup, but if you have an idle unit, could they stop by when they have a chance? Two officers responded, did a sweep of the house, guns drawn, finding nothing, and were very nice about it all. <facepalm>