“This is for ladies especially, if someone breaks in to your home. Grab your gun and your phone and get into a room where you can lock the door.”
That is great when you KNOW there is someone in the house, and if you don’t have kids. But if you have others you need to go to and protect, or of you are pretty certain the noise you heard was nothing, but you want to be sure... in these cases it makes sense to have practices clearing corners in your home. Several times I cleared my house after a funny noise in the night and it was never anything. I am not going to call the cops for a noise I am 90% sure was nothing... but that 10% will keep me from just going back to sleep.
True, but a woman has to be careful doing this. A noise? If my husband is not home I rack the shotgun and listen for foot steps.