good idea or bad?

[tortoise1956]

6. I have one anecdote

Years ago, my stepson didn't have a PC because he had just gotten out of the Navy, so he would come over and use ours for stuff. One night, about 1 AM, I heard noise in the living room. I got out of bed, grabbed my Mossberg 590 and racked the slide. Immediately I heard my stepson yell in panic, "It's just me!"

I tend to believe that the sound of a pump shotgun being racked has become so universally well-known that it is indeed a very effective deterrent, or at least a warning to miscreants that there's trouble a-comin'....