Maybe it would be simpler if they just passed a law that we all have to leave a set of keys with the police and fire departments.
Maybe it would be simpler if they just passed a law that we all have to leave a set of keys with the police and fire departments.
Might have been on there, but what I saw was an actual phone video. I think. They tried to ram the door but it would not move. Then they used the armored car to rip off the steel bars and still could not get it. they then rammed the house and knocked a hole in the wall that allowed them to put whatever it was in the hole and attached it with chain to the armored car and took off.
If I remember right. I am getting old and forgetting a lot of things. It might have been on that show like LIVE PD did. But it was with SWAT teams from around the country.
The bikers here build houses from 3/8 steel plate....doors from 1/2".....you need special building approval for steel sheet doors,sliding steel doors,or any kind of door opens outward.......Cops have a little tank that can knock down biker "forts"......Still plenty of bikers...unions use bikers as enforcers.
Door breaching (serious stuff) from www.royalarms.com
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Sometimes it’s easier to penetrate through a stud channel in the wall instead of messing with the door. F.D. Halligan tool and K-12 saw with a abrasive blade or chain saw with a bullet chain will cut through most anything.
In these parts building code requires new homes within so many miles of the coast to be concrete block grouted on 3 ft centers & around all openings, impact glass for all windows and outward opening or sliding doors. Burglars and first responders can still find a way in.
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Many years ago we "borrowed" a door lock defeating system from another agency. You start with a 12 gauge shotgun with a short barrel and no need for the jagged muzzle attachment that is currently available for these (door opening) purposes. Take a few 12 gauge loaded cartridges and cut off the forward end off the cartridge. Dump the shot charge but leave the wad and powder inside the cartridge. Visit your local emergency room and ask for a donation of blood-drawing vials (usually the purple-top vials). Use a syringe and load the vial with water. Take a roll of plastic electrical or masking tape and wrap the tape around the base of the vial, want this vial to become a "press-fit" when pushing it into the cartridge, also to keep the vial centered in the bore. This new cartridge becomes a single shot application as it is too long to cycle through any repeating action. Hold the muzzle of the shotgun about 3" away from the door lock and fire. The distance of 3" muzzle gap allows the entire charge to exit the muzzle. Of the few occasions when we used this process to open a door it always destroyed the lock and we hoped there were no additional lock devices on the door to find and overcome. Very effective tool. By using this cartridge there is no chance of lead shot coming back at the shooter, also no risk of injuring "innocents" on the inside of the building. Someone in the group decided to name this load the "Water Cannon." I am told we still use it when needed.
Just get a bump key? Long time ago Mom got locked out of her Mom's house. I got to crawl through the coal chute to unlock the door.
Whatever!
My pump-action Mossy 12ga firearms will open a door REAL fast. Just a close shot near each hinge and the door is flat on the ground. More fun than trying to pick the lock!
I have seen them made with what looks to be the adjusting link from a 3 point hitch. left right hand thread and a matching center crank and spread the door frame till the bolts release.
In my fire dept. We had a porta-power in a bag set up to breech doors at a fire scene. [also had pick guns] The jaws were thin at the front, place tool jaw in crack of door by the knob and lock, pump tool handle 3 times push the door open.
However for a single family house busting a window is faster. However our Deputy Chiefs had a fetish about breaking glass until fire is showing in multiple windows on one a floor.
Most times bout 90+% the door would be able to work properly without repair. Quite beyond belief. I always laugh at the cop shows and the RAM.
I've used a "church key" for my whole life and always thought it was called a can opener or bottle opener.
I remember opening a can of root beer in the 60's and dropping the can after the vent hole was made. Shot across the kitchen and bounced off the wall several times before running out of "gas". Mom was impressed.
After Katrina most doors in SE Louisiana were opened with a single boot applied near the door knob. Unless reinforced, the door jambs shattered.
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |