SHTF Plan – by Mac SlavoWhat would you do if you were minding your own business in the comfort of your own home and a machete-wielding maniac started kicking in your door?
If you don’t have a firearm you’d likely panic, pick up the phone, and hope that 9-1-1 can get a police officer to your house in the next 15 seconds.
If you are an armed homeowner, however, you’ve not only given yourself a fighting chance, but you have the distinct advantage of being on your own turf and capable of dispatching the threat with near instantaneous results.
This is exactly the scenario James Cvengros was presented with recently when his insane neighbor Twain Thomas started screaming and becoming violent in the hallway of the apartment building in which Cvengros lives. Cvengros turned on a camera and pointed it at his front door just in case. As you’ll see in the video below, Thomas can be heard causing quite a ruckus outside, prompting Cvengros to take a look. He quickly closed and locked his door and waited.
Sure enough, a few seconds later Twain Thomas’ foot can be seen coming through his front door, at which point Cvengros warns that he has a gun. The would-be attacker, with machete in hand, would not be deterred.
As he comes through the door Cvengros discharges three bullets into Thomas’ chest.
Cvengros: “I didn’t want to do that… You were gonna kill me”
Thomas: “You’re right, I was”
Cvengros: “Well then I did the right thing”
In the aftermath of the shooting Twain Thomas can be heard gurgling and writhing in pain. A fitting result for someone who intended to do harm to the two innocent people who were doing nothing more than spending an evening at home.
Had there been no firearm in this home things could have gone a totally different direction and it’s quite possible the Cvengros, his wife, as well as Thomas’ partner with whom he was arguing could all be dead.
In the right hands, guns save lives. They are the great equalizer.
No further evidence is necessary.
Update: Twain Thomas survived his wounds and has been charged with two counts of attempted murder, aggravated battery and aggravated burglary.
whining like a little girl after he was about to hack people to death…he deserved every round.
Rather than a Machete I would recomend the 24 inch bladed bullock knife we use here. Much better than any machete I have ever seen unless you are a cane cutter. Good for dropping a enraged water buffalo. With the point better than a blunt end for stabbing. The curved part of the blade hacks threw vine or bone with less efort than the flat machete blade, and the down dop from the handle makes it much better for the thrust than a flat backed machete. I use mine often when I wander back into the jungle. Great for getting to pigs down in there and cutting a path out to herd them. And drop a jungle pig with a single blow if one turns as well on you. Just a better all round knife than a machette unless as I said you need go out and cut cane. They are great for hacking but about it as a knife.