When the creak of the door awakes you at 3am and you know everybody’s in bed already, what do you do? When you hear the footfalls on the stairs and they’re coming closer to your room, what do you do? 

Do you call 9-1-1? 

Then what? 

In the latest James O’Keefe video (hashtag #OnYourOwn) Victoria Taft Blogforce member Scott St. Clair goes to cop shops in New York and New Jersey to find out what you’re supposed to do to protect yourself between the time you hear the creak in the door and the cops show up. 

“If somebody breaks into my home…will the police department be there to protect me from that?”

Yeah.

How long will it take you to get there? 

Couple minutes.

What will I do in those two minutes? 

What will you do?

Yeah.

That’s a good question.

Yeah, but basically in just that two minutes, I’m on my own?

Look on the internet on how to get a gun permit. 

You can go on the internet and get a gun permit.

How long will it take to get one.

About a year.

What am I supposed to do in that time to protect myself?