Originally Posted by
BDSTactical
In 2008 I had what I thought to be a residential break in at my home in Vista, CA. At app. 0200 I heard noises in my hallway and observed someone run past my bedroom door toward my sons room. I knew it was not my wife as she was in bed next to me. I grabbed my M9 with Streamlight TLR1 on it and advised my wife to get behind the bed and call 911. When I got to my sons room (he was still in a crib at that time), I found the door locked and could hear someone inside the room. I announced myself and told the person they had one chance only to open the door (I honestly cant remember exactly what I said, but there was no response). I kicked open the door and found my brother-in-laws best friend curled up on the floor. He had been out with my brother-in-law, gotten drunk and wondered in to the wrong house (we lived in a duplex).
I can tell you in no uncertain terms that if my weapon did not have a light on it, and I had not immediately been able to identify this person as someone I knew, he would have been shot. When the police arrived moments later I was commended on my ability to refrain from shooting this person and I remember very clearly the officer checking out the TLR-1 and thinking that it was a nice light that probably saved this guys life. About a year later I submitted a "story" to Streamlight complete with pictures and a copy of the police report and they sent me a crap load of free stuff including a TLR-2.