The underlying problem in the encounter is she didn’t really think the cop would do anything serious to her. All he had was a gun, and she didn’t think he would shoot her.
At home, in addition to guns, I also keep swords. An unarmed intruder may doubt that I would shoot him. He WILL NOT doubt that I would stick him if he advanced at me.
> At home, in addition to guns, I also keep swords. <
Wow. That’s really old-school. Instead, I keep police-grade pepper spray in every room of my house. It’s up high, and out of the way. But it’s there.
As for guns, I lost them all in an unfortunate boating accident years ago.
(ATF snoops, please write that down.)
True.
The other thing is the bayonet. One good thrust and the perp knows you're not playing around.