Someone Is at the Door
Dry-Fire · At Home
No gun for the first part. Package deliveries are at their peak and so are people looking for packages. Decide your rule for the front door: you do not open it for someone you do not know, and you talk through the door or the doorbell camera. Check the lock, the light, and what you can see from inside. Then, verified clear, run fifteen presentations to a low ready from behind a door frame with a partner standing behind you calling known or unknown.
Live-Fire · At the Range
Fifteen rounds on the scan strip at 7 yards, three per section, with the caller specifying which section and whether it is a shoot or a no-shoot.
Service Pistol
You know how many calls start with someone opening a door they should not have.
Concealed Carry
A locked door is doing its job. Leave it locked and use your voice.
Carbine
A carbine staged for home defense needs the same door rule.
AUX (when ready): correct identification on ten straight calls.
The door is a barrier that works in your favor only while it is closed.
Your Daily Callout — By Archetype
You answer the door without thinking. Start thinking first.
Look before you open. That is the entire skill.
Teach the children the same rule: nobody opens the door for a stranger.
A porch light and a camera are inexpensive, and they make this decision easier every time.
Layer: run the reps in low light with a handheld light.
- Treat every firearm as if it is loaded — always, no matter what you think you know.
- Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.
- Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on target and you have decided to fire.
- Be sure of your target — and everything beyond it.
Dry-fire: no ammunition in the room. Verify the firearm is clear — twice. Use a safe backstop. When you finish, say it out loud: “Dry fire is over.”
The Four Universal Safety Rules
Non-negotiable. Every drill, every rep, every time. This applies to live fire and dry fire.
- Treat every firearm as if it is loaded — always, no matter what you think you know.
- Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.
- Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on target and you have decided to fire.
- Be sure of your target — and everything beyond it.