Don't shoot your Roomba

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A North Carolina couple was watching a movie in their bedroom when they suddenly heard loud noises coming from downstairs. Worried that it was an intruder, the two called 911.
The couple waited for police to arrive, hoping their 2-year-old daughter sleeping in her room wouldn’t get up to check on the noise, said Thomas Milam, the husband, in his Facebook post shared to Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office’s page.

Milam was armed and prepared to use his military training if things took a turn for the worse.

https://fox13now.com/2019/12/27/a-couple-called-911-thinking-their-roomba-was-a-home-invader/
 
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Fortunately, they avoided rumbling with their Roomba.
 
Lol, that's funny, and embarrassing for them. While we don't have a Roomba, we do have a Shark [emoji33], that we nicknamed Sharknado. I have to be careful of this, and not shoot the Shark.

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on another forum, a member posted that a momentary power outage will activate
the Roomba to "find the charger" and could get stuck in place if the New Owners
have not "Roomba-Proofed" the floors and furniture.
 
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What kind of parents suspecting an intruder presenting danger (implied by their perception on use of deadly force) inside their home doesn’t go protect their 2 year old daughter?

I have a 2 year old daughter, and cannot imagine any other instinct. Don’t care if Freddy Krueger is in the house.
 
Call me irrational or impatient but I am going to the aid of my daughter. Whether I find roomba, the terminator or some low life my butt is coming to my daughters aid. The police can clean up the aftermath. Whether that’s them or me I’m fine with it as long as my kid ain’t harmed,
 
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Lol, that's funny, and embarrassing for them. While we don't have a Roomba, we do have a Shark [emoji33], that we nicknamed Sharknado. I have to be careful of this, and not shoot the Shark.

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Roomba=Good...……..Shark=Not As Good.....we got both.....BIG difference.
 
Yeah, the back story here, is that mister ex-miltary cowered in his bedroom, while the police, presumably, force entered into his house to clear it. His "training" made him think of where to hide instead of setting up a defensible position to protect his family or engaging the threat. I would have enjoyed the story more if he had blasted the Roomba with a shotgun. :rolleyes:
 
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Of course don't shoot your Roomba. You might set the claymore off.

And yeah, unarmed or not I'd go see to my dog, never mind if I had a kid. He sounds like the sort of guy that drives away leaving everyone in the horror movie and dies horribly a little later.
 
I don’t care if I’m by myself! Ain’t NOBODY coming into my home and I don’t defend it! PERIOD! The only reason I’d call the cops is to tell them where to pick up the body!
 
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Yeah, the back story here, is that mister ex-miltary cowered in his bedroom, while the police, presumably, force entered into his house to clear it. His "training" made him think of where to hide instead of setting up a defensible position to protect his family or engaging the threat. I would have enjoyed the story more if he had blasted the Roomba with a shotgun. :rolleyes:
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REMF no doubt
 
I was on a swat team and I became a swat instructor... I always taught my guys to never enter a room alone...

However, we were entering unknown rooms in unfamiliar places.

If someone breaks into my house, I am going to hunt them down, because no one knows my house as well as me, and because I'm not going to let anyone find my kids before they find the barrel of my guns...
 
I would not have my kids downstairs and my bedroom upstairs in the first place. In my house my two youngest are across the hall and within 2 steps of my bedroom door I can cover the stairwell going up to my teenagers. Come in my house after my family and you will be riddled with holes.

Funny side note about shooting inanimate objects in your home....

I was home alone one night. Wife was out of town for a work conference and took the kids and her mom with her. I walked into the nursery closet and somehow triggered a doll that my daughter has. It giggled. Think Chucky level creepy. I jumped out of my skin and almost drew on it. Not gonna lie I closed that door and didn't open it again that night.... I've seen too many horror movies...lol
 
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rantingredneck said:
I would not have my kids downstairs and my bedroom upstairs in the first place. In my house my two youngest are across the hall and within 2 steps of my bedroom door I can cover the stairwell going up to my teenagers. Come in my house after my family and you will be riddled with holes.

Funny side note about shooting inanimate objects in your home....

I was home alone one night. Wife was out of town for a work conference and took the kids and her mom with her. I walked into the nursery closet and somehow triggered a doll that my daughter has. It giggled. Think Chucky level creepy. I jumped out of my skin and almost drew on it. Not gonna lie I closed that door and didn't open it again that night.... I've seen too many horror movies...lol
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Lol, mine was a balloon bouquet one of our daughters had gotten-
The girls had bunk beds and she set it on her (top) bunk and had left for the weekend( all the kids had gone somewhere, can't recall where).
Bout 130am that shit somehow got wound up in the ceiling fan, gave me & the missus a good fright that night! Lots of sheepish laughing later though.


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rantingredneck said:
I was home alone one night. Wife was out of town for a work conference and took the kids and her mom with her. I walked into the nursery closet and somehow triggered a doll that my daughter has. It giggled. Think Chucky level creepy. I jumped out of my skin and almost drew on it. Not gonna lie I closed that door and didn't open it again that night.... I've seen too many horror movies...lol
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I would have enjoyed it if you had told us that later you found the door open again. :eek:
 
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Alabamacoastie said:
I was on a swat team and I became a swat instructor... I always taught my guys to never enter a room alone...

However, we were entering unknown rooms in unfamiliar places.

If someone breaks into my house, I am going to hunt them down, because no one knows my house as well as me, and because I'm not going to let anyone find my kids before they find the barrel of my guns...
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Take it a step further. Set up your house to your advantage. I limited points of access and pathways. I arranged furniture and lights so that I could see a lot of the house from the relative darkness of the bedroom hallway. It doesn't have to be obvious barricades, but strategically placed furniture. Yes, I created lanes of fire and fatal funnels in my house. Since I moved to the farm, I'm working on doing that outside. ;)

It's YOUR deck. Why not stack it to your advantage?

Just sayin'
 
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georgel said:
Take it a step further. Set up your house to your advantage. I limited points of access and pathways. I arranged furniture and lights so that I could see a lot of the house from the relative darkness of the bedroom hallway. It doesn't have to be obvious barricades, but strategically placed furniture. Yes, I created lanes of fire and fatal funnels in my house. Since I moved to the farm, I'm working on doing that outside. ;)

It's YOUR deck. Why not stack it to your advantage?

Just sayin'
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I tend to keep the bedroom dark but one efficient 13W bulb on in the hallway or somewhere just outside the bedroom (e.g. spare bedroom across the hall). If you try walking into my room at night, you look a little like this.
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DrScaryGuy said:
I tend to keep the bedroom dark but one efficient 13W bulb on in the hallway or somewhere just outside the bedroom (e.g. spare bedroom across the hall). If you try walking into my room at night, you look a little like this.
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I used to leave the over sink light or the over stove light on all the time. This provided enough light to see down the other hallway, foyer and most of the living room and dining room. It also created a light barrier inhibiting being able to see into the upstairs hallway. I could stand outside my bedroom with a shotgun and full visibility of the perp, but could not be seen in the darkness.
 
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