Best Weapon for Home Defense against Home Invasion?

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ClayCow said:
Same here. My friends keep asking me why I buy more. I tell them this is a better hobby than outfitting trucks with off road gear or stereo systems since I should make money or atleast come out a little less than even if I ever quit this hobby. Better than spending my money on hookers.

I keep most of my guns locked up. I have one by my bedstand and have been meaning to put one in downstairs basement. I dont need one in every room though. I feel comfortable withthat. If I wasnt renting this house, Id buy that door jam that someone posted up. To me, its better to have that than to have guns all around the house.
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Let's not get crazy now. You can still have your guns and have enough left over for hooker money. The door jamb thing requires no alterations to the house. You can take it with you to a motel too....So the cops can't get you with the hookers!

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Won't keep home invaders out but it will give you more time to get your gun.
 
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686-380 said:
If you're not fit enough to react to a home invasion, you're doomed anyway.

Cardiovascular fitness is your best weapon against home invasion.

That and just about any firearm gives you the greatest chance of success.
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Baloney. Some of us don't move as fast as we used too. Not by choice either.

Your BEST weapon against ANY attack is preparedness. Such as hardening the perimeter of your home.

In most home invasions the bad guys are armed and there is more than one of them. Even with gun in hand against such an attack the odds are 50/50.

Those odds aren't good.

Some need to put the bravado and BS aside and think about this seriously. The only sure way to give yourself ample time is to harden your perimeter. Ain't no excuse for not doing do.
 
In most home invasions the bad guys are armed and there is more than one of them. Even with gun in hand against such an attack the odds are 50/50.

Those odds aren't good.
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How come we don't see 50% of home invasions resulting in the resident being shot?
 
As I read through all of these I am reminded of a line from a TV show that I have never watched but, I THINK, the line originates there as common parlance, although from time to time it's been said for decades for sure.

Easy line to remember.

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So when the dude kicks my front door in, I should ask him, "Is this a burglary, or a home invasion?"

I'm going to shoot him, anyway. And his friends. Unless he has 30 behind him. At some number, I will have a serious problem.
 
Time is extremely important. Unfortunately my roommate brings her nephew around my house. She knows about my guns and I told her to be careful.

I dont trust her. I moved the gun by my bedside to the top of the closet shelf. Last thing I want is a 6 year old to shoot himself with my gun.

Itll require a few more steps in case someone breaks in at night, but ill accept that risk to ensure the safety of the child.
 
Does Cardio Out Pace a Bullet

686-380 said:
If you're not fit enough to react to a home invasion, you're doomed anyway.

Cardiovascular fitness is your best weapon against home invasion.

That and just about any firearm gives you the greatest chance of success.
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No, it does not. I am sure you have experienced an adrenaline rush. Goes right to your brain, cardiovascular system on to the peripheral nervous system, straight through to the muscle skeletal structures. Gives one incredible will. I'm talking pure endogonis energy...better than a Red Bull!

Buy a moment in a few heartbeats. That might just save your life.
 
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Gamecock said:
So when the dude kicks my front door in, I should ask him, "Is this a burglary, or a home invasion?"

I'm going to shoot him, anyway. And his friends. Unless he has 30 behind him. At some number, I will have a serious problem.
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No, when you're looking at statistics on armed take-over home invasions, most often targeting dope houses or someone with a grudge, you shouldn't look at simple BURGLARY stats and say: "SEE!!! SEE!!!"

When it comes to stuff like this, some people say, even in an area with no home invasions in 5 years: "Well, it happened to that guy on the internet, it could happen to me! Gotta have the right gun..." No problem, get the right gun. I know a guy who's brother in law (true story) was asleep in bed when his house was hit by lightning. The juice got into the plumbing or power lines, or something, and traveling to an antique iron sewing machine that was next to the bed. He was asleep with his arm across the sewing machine and got fried. He bolted upright in bed and his head was on fire according to his wife and it killed him. Scary stuff, but I still don't have a lightning rod on my on my roof....
 
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Instead of a lightning rod, you may be better off not sleeping with a sewing machine next to your bed? That is a weird thing to do but it was a freak accident.
 
Or it could give you a heart attack

Gulfecho said:
No, it does not. I am sure you have experienced an adrenaline rush. Goes right to your brain, cardiovascular system on to the peripheral nervous system, straight through to the muscle skeletal structures. Gives one incredible will. I'm talking pure endogonis energy...better than a Red Bull!

Buy a moment in a few heartbeats. That might just save your life.
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You can make every excuse but being prepared should also include fitness.
 
ClayCow said:
Instead of a lightning rod, you may be better off not sleeping with a sewing machine next to your bed? That is a weird thing to do but it was a freak accident.
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It was for "decorating" purposes....One of those 100+ year-old ones with the cast iron treadle made of iron and quarter-sawn oak. Old Victorian house, I think. Yep, freak accident for sure. I remember when I was a kid, my mom wouldn't let us take a bath or talk on the phone when there was a thunderstorm going on. She was afraid the lightning would get us through the plumbing or phone lines. Urban legends really SUCKED before we had the internet to check them out......
 
Ah, the same old question and the best answer I've seen is:
The one you have on you.
Certainly not originated by me.
 
I'd be very content with a 12 gauge pump shotgun loaded with #4 shot or 00 buckshot. I'd prefer it have a stock with a pistol grip and a flashlight mounted to it. (see below)

I'd also be very content with a semi-automatic carbine in 9mm/.357 Sig/.40/.45. Why not 5.56 or something similar? A 5.56 in a confined area is very loud and may produce a brighter muzzle flash. It must have at least a 20 round mag, use a stock with a pistol grip, and have a weapon mounted flashlight. An eotech would be nice, but not necessary. (also see below)

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