Someone tried to enter my apartment at 3 in the morning

This happened only about 4 hours ago, and right after I calmed down, I immediately thought of this sub.I live in a 1 bedroom apartment with myself and my dog, who howls really loudly. It was about 3:10 in the morning when I wake up in a stupor to her going crazy at the door. Normally when I wake up because of her, it's because she's making noises from a bad dream or something. Not this time. I instantly recognize that someone is trying to gain entry through my door by jiggling the knob and trying to mess with the key hole.Once I realize what's going on, I immediately call her back and go grab my Glock 17 from my nightstand while getting my phone too. I call 911. By this point, my adrenaline is in full force as I'm starting to realize the seriousness of the situation. 911 answers and I let them know that someone is trying to gain entry into my home and that I have a weapon prepared to defend myself. They ask for my address, which in hindsight was hard to give as a mixture of adrenaline and fear was taking over me. After I mutter it out, they end up having to transfer me over to the correct city's dispatch (I live right on the border of 2 major cities).While I get transferred to the correct city dispatch, I begin to yell and make it known that this is not the correct apartment: "YOU ARE TRYING TO GET INTO THE WRONG APARTMENT." I phrased it in a way that I would imagine a drunk person may want to hear. Nonetheless, that doesn't stop them. A minute or two goes by of them continuing trying to gain access through the front door, and then it kind of just stops. By this time, I've actually gotten my AR 15 that I feel much more confident with and have 911 just on speaker phone.Eventually the cops show up and ask what's going on. It had crossed my mind that someone might have been drunk and just had the wrong door, but I was in immediate self-defense mode and didn't go to the peep hole to see who it was. They do a scan of the building and head off with no further action.In hindsight, there was a couple of things I could have done better, such as trying to remain a bit calmer and probably use a bit more harsher language. I felt as though the cops already thought it was a drunk person scenario, as it took them about 10-15 minutes from the start of the call to get there (and I live in a major city with normal/minimal amount of crime). I guess the saying holds true, of when the seconds count, the police are only minutes away.Any and all thoughts are welcome. Just wanted to share my experience. via /r/CCW https://ift.tt/2JVbUXq