...A real Colorado man would have had a rifle handy.
Something like a 30-30, not an AR.
Aye, Every Self-Respecting Household in America should at Least have one of These mounted above the Fireplace:
(..Not My Beauty, unfortunately.. Good Friend of mine out-here's.. but.. Makes the Point. ) ..And if ya "Ain't Got a Fireplace", well then, By-Gum, mount it over the Microwave or China Hutch or whatever.. Have Something 'adequate' At-Hand..
..We keep (in Addition to several in-Bedroom EDC Pistols at the-ready..) a 7-rnd 12 ga, loaded with Slug / a couple 00, up on-top of the Hutch in the 'foyer area' just-outside the Kitchen, next to the Entryway - and - a .45-70 Henry under the Bed in the MB (who's view covers 100% of the Back Yard, so..) Ain't NO 'creature' - Biped, Quadruped, or anything therebetween gettin Into this House without having Something, via Somebody 'addressing it appropriately', inside of 5-10 sec.
jd