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>> I highly recommend having some type of “safe room” to sit tight and wait for the good guys to come.
Mrs. Tick and I have a “safe booth”. It’s only big enough for me. But since I love her more than anything else on earth (except myself), I DID teach her how to cock and reload the shotgun.
Well, I don’t have a shotgun house. But I do have a shotgun hallway leading to all of the bedrooms.
CC: When seconds count and help is minutes away. Two to center-of-mass, and a pop to the head.
Not so difficult.
1-Nice neighborhood, ranch style floorplan.
2-Live alone.
3-.45 in a hidden, defensable, quick access location.
4-Practice “point-shooting”
5-Motion activated night lights in hallways, light up bad guys, not me.
6.Happy to “clear the house” myself and let the cops take out the trash.
If you want to survive a home invasion, get a large dog. The dog will stay alive and fighting/distracting for those 4+ seconds required for you to arm-up.
Simple beats being paranoid...some people try to survive home invasions by taking baths with their revolver next to the tub because baths are quieter to take than showers.
Bah.
Get a dog and take all of the showers that you want.
Good posting! Situations like these is why I NEVER sleep without good watchdogs and a weapon at arm’s length.
They left out some details though. Stuff they can’t really say due to it being a website, liability and such.
If you have to shoot, absolutely shoot to kill. Center mass... Multiple times...If you can. Shooting them while they are down, as in a head-shot to finish them off, would most likely be severely frowned upon. If they appear to be bleeding out, have a cup of coffee while you are watching them die, before you call in the LEOs(wait for them to die). If asked why it took so long to call. Tell them you tried using the phone, and couldn’t get it to work(jitters). If they get back up in a weakened state, shoot them in the head.
Dead people tend to not make up lies against you, take you to court, or come back for revenge.
After you have verified that the invader you encountered is dead, sweep the house for other invaders, just in case they brought other invaders with them. If you find any, kill them too.
Yes, it's real.
1) Empty the magazine.
2) Reload.
3) Call for assitance when appropriate.
A lot of good points.
Want to add a few.
Situational awareness. When you are heading home, check that there is no one following you. If so, cruise around until they break off. We had a incedent where my wife was followed home by some stupid kid. He was incensed that my wife didn’t use her signal. Met the kid on the driveway with an axe handle and explained that he was playing a very dangerous game following someone’s wife home. Didn’t hurt him, but let him know that there a lots of guys who wouldn’t be near as leniant as I was.
Dogs, can’t beat that, especially since they are very territorial. Your house is their house and they don’t wait to check who it is. Also a “beware of dog” sign is a good sign even if you don’t have a dog. Makes them think twice.
just my 2 cents.
I like the idea of rooms with funnels to a hidden wood chipper.
The home invaders are usually gang members within the same community as the immigrants and they know the score.
If we want to eliminate a huge percentage of home invasions then we need to better police what valuables immigrants bring into the country.
This would also increase tax revenues and decrease the welfare rolls, as lots of people who now claim to be in poverty would be found to be richer than their wage slaving neighbors.