If someone knocked on your front door in the middle of the night, would you open it?

My front door has a big window in it. If I couldn't see who it was, that would mean they were either blocking the window or hiding, so no, I wouldn't open it. Assuming I had a solid wood front door, if they wouldn't tell me who they were, then I would not open the door either.

I have a peephole and a window next to the front door, but if I still couldn't tell who it was, I might ask who it was. If it wasn't someone I knew or wanted to answer the door for, I would not answer the door. If it persisted, I would call the police.

No, I would call 911. If the person needed help, they would get it. If the person was up to no good, they would GET it (hopefully). I live in the very back of a fairly large (for this area) apartment complex. The driveway into the complex is a good 3 blocks from where my apartment is located, so the chance of someone knocking on my door for sinister purposes is pretty small. Granted, they could say there is a fire, but there are fire alarms in the entryway of each block of 4 apartments. I also have a peephole and a patio door that goes out the back of the apartment.

Well, I have an intercom, so I can find out who is at my door. But let's assume I didn't have one:

Not if someone just rings the bell once. That sometimes happens and are probably just drunk people passing by. But if someone repeatedly would ring my bell, then yes. It could be someone who needs help.
And since no one owns guns here the risk of getting killed isn't that high.

No.

Yes. I'm not afraid.

I guess so. But I don't think that I would get up at all from my bed to see who's knocking.

Well in Canada, it's REALLY hard to legaly get a gun. But just give me money, I'll get you one in two days. You can never be safe.

No way

If the knocking was continous, than I would.

No, thanx. I don't want one.

Nope. I doubt I would hear it anyway.

nope and if they wouldn't go away i would call the police! unless they told me who they were. our front door has a long window right next to it so i don't think we would have any trouble figuring out who it was.

Absolutely not!

If I was asleep I'd be so far away from the front door that I woudln't hear the knocking.

No. I don't even answer the phone if I don't recognize the number.

No, I live in an area that has some problems (all I can afford), until recently, my downstairs neighbors, who have since been evicted, were dealing meth out of their apartment. I reported this to the landlord and the police because I didn't want to live above a drug dealer, not to mention the fact that they had an 18 month old child in the house while this was going on. Since they have been evicted, I have had people coming upstairs to my apartment, trying to locate them. I won't open my door, but go out on the deck and holler to get the f**k off the property or I'll call the cops. They generally haul balls when I threaten them in that manner. >

You are welcome.

No way!

I'd look out the peephole first.

No.

As a female living alone - no way. My mom grew up in Brooklyn, and she raised me to be properly paranoid.

With my luck it would end with Alex and his droogs killing me with a phallic work of art.

OR even worse...It could be a merzky bezoomny baboochka with her britva in her carman waiting to crast you if you open the door

Yeah, why not?

not if I couldn't figure out who it was. I would have to know for sure in the middle of the night.

Oh yeah I'd open it because if it wasn't an emergency it will be soon.
Seriously though I'd open it but would have the shotgun in hand ready to be used because I live in the middle of nowhere.

No way!

My gun is in my hand. But i do answer it. Its probably an emergency.

Yes, and then I'd bat them across the head for waking me up in the middle of the night!

I never open the door at night unless the person on the other side of the door is someone I recognize."Go away!" Everyone's sleeping,come back tomorrow morning,around eight.""Better yet,call first before you come by."

No, 'cos if it was someone I knew, they would id themselves.

With pistol in hand.