You keep posting that advice on stashing knives every once in awhile.....and I keep saying that one of these days I will do that. So thanks for the reminder!
You can get one of those steak knife sets at any supermarket for about 12 bucks. Razor sharp. Nobody would leave a half-dozen loaded pistols hidden around the house, but steak knives, sure.
And when the guard, (who will be the goofball of the home invasion team), turns his back....