Couple of things - google “john derbyshire the talk” and see if your kids are prepared for “the talk”. This has been HEAVILY derided by the left as “racist”, but it is simply common sense based on data.
Another point - edged weapons. It has been repeatedly demonstrated that a homeowner with an edged weapon will defeat a home invader with a firearm nearly every time the trial is run. This is because of the huge advantage of picking your ambush point.
I’ll check it out; thanks.
I could see the advantage of an edged weapon in close quarters where the user can choose the point of attack; it also must be demoralizing as Hell to have someone swinging at you with a hatchet.
When Rome took England but failed to make much headway in Scotland (building a wall across the island of Britain instead), I always wondered whether or not this was related to them dealing with painted, screaming, naked Scots with edged weapons...