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If the economic and social meltdown happens, what is the best weapon for home defense?
july 5, 2010 | blessu

Posted on 07/05/2010 5:29:46 PM PDT by blessu

If the economic and social meltdown happens, what is the best weapon for home defense?


TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: apocalypse; chaos; economic; meltdown
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To: EGPWS
If these were available, I'd rather go with them.


61 posted on 07/05/2010 6:05:10 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: blessu

Buy a shotgun with no paper trail. Get a rifle with no paper trail. Buy lots of ammo and practice. The first thing that the government will do is confiscate the registered weapons.


62 posted on 07/05/2010 6:05:58 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: al baby
A riot gun and a bible

It works best for those who read before shooting.

63 posted on 07/05/2010 6:06:04 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: EGPWS
FRAG 12 rounds for those AUTO SHOTGUNS.


64 posted on 07/05/2010 6:06:48 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: EGPWS

Anything else is just macho wind blowing...


That’s right.


65 posted on 07/05/2010 6:07:34 PM PDT by unkus
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To: goat granny

>> a bazooka but its illegal to have one..

I think they’re rather brutal on the inside of your house, too. :-)

If you MUST bazooka at home, be sure to wear OSHA approved hearing and eye protection.


66 posted on 07/05/2010 6:07:55 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Eat more spinach! Make Green Jobs for America!)
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To: Nervous Tick

I would definitely say they aren’t 3” magnums.


67 posted on 07/05/2010 6:08:06 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: EGPWS

Video of AA-12.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ebtj1jR7c


68 posted on 07/05/2010 6:08:45 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: Nam Vet
Those boating accidents are terrible! After I had mine, I discovered they befell many, many other Freepers too.

Being bred in Minnesota, most of mine when put down hit water.

Sad but true story.

69 posted on 07/05/2010 6:09:19 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Blackhawk

Before the boating accident....


You too? I lost mine on a rafting trip. Danged shame.


70 posted on 07/05/2010 6:09:32 PM PDT by unkus
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To: Jack Hydrazine

:-)

Or else the skinny li’l dude is a LOT stronger than he looks!

I’m about his size and I imagine that trying that stuff with my Mossberg combat shotgun and 00 buckshot would break my arm in more places than they could fix.

It darn near pounds me into a pulp when it’s firmly in my shoulder...


71 posted on 07/05/2010 6:11:15 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Eat more spinach! Make Green Jobs for America!)
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To: FightThePower!
I know you hate gold probably because you can’t eat it,

It's hard to get change for gold at the store during the best of times. If society breaks down it's just gong to sit there looking pretty.

72 posted on 07/05/2010 6:11:21 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: goat granny

“I just got a pump 20 gauge is that OK?”

That is perfectly OK. Become familiar with it, practice with it, and you should be fine.


73 posted on 07/05/2010 6:12:03 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: JimRed
Video and infrared surveillance to indicate when to activate them

I wouldn't rely on those...... if the power goes out, then what happens to your fancy equipment? And before you say a generator, there is only so much fuel you can safely store.

Get a dog. Even if it is some small mutt; it will bark. If it is a small dog, it shouldn't eat too much. If you want the perps to soil themsleves first, (and give you a few more seconds) get a doberman pincher or a rottie.......

Dobes are VERY family oriented (mine hates it when he is not in the same room as his people).

For (in)home defense.... 12 ga Mossie 500 Cruiser with .OO Buck. For those approaching your home...... AK-47

74 posted on 07/05/2010 6:12:43 PM PDT by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy Saints surrounded)
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To: blessu

http://www.defensivecarry.com/vbulletin/home-away-home-defense-discussion/

A lot depends on your situation. Where I live, a good semi-automatic centerfire rifle and a good 22 rifle would top my list. There wouldn’t be much value in waiting for someone to reach my house (shotgun/handgun range) if there was societal disintegration.

For home defense in normal times, a handgun is easier to manipulate and employ at legal self-defense ranges - ranges at which you can credibly conclude your life is threatened. There aren’t a lot of folks truly threatening your life at 100 yards in a normal home defense scenario.


75 posted on 07/05/2010 6:13:10 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (When the ass brays, don't reply...)
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To: blessu

“Phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range”


76 posted on 07/05/2010 6:14:37 PM PDT by Paradox (Socialism - trickle up poverty.)
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To: vetvetdoug

I inherited a gun from a deceased family member. I never bothered to register it for that reason.


77 posted on 07/05/2010 6:14:42 PM PDT by Ev Reeman
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To: Moonman62

Yep, gold is worthless.


78 posted on 07/05/2010 6:14:58 PM PDT by FightThePower! (Fight the powers that be!)
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To: 'smith

A pump 12 gauge shotgun. Plus the will and the skill to use it.


79 posted on 07/05/2010 6:15:23 PM PDT by Noumenon ("Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed, that he has grown so great?" - Julius Caesar)
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To: blessu

A willingness to shoot to kill to defend your family’s lives.


80 posted on 07/05/2010 6:15:36 PM PDT by Carley (For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
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