[defconw]

Also real guns seem to not have as many rounds in them as those on certain police shows. ;)<1> As concerning staying away from the threat. 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. Don't go looking for the intruder make him come to you and if he kicks the door in shoot! I was told this by a certified NRA handgun instructor. Adrenaline makes hands tough to operate.

Also going room to room can get you in trouble. An intruder can hide and grab you and render your firearm useless.

[verga]

As concerning staying away from the threat. 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. Don't go looking for the intruder make him come to you and if he kicks the door in shoot!

I told Mrs. Verga: Go into the bathroom, Lock the door and get into the tub. Won't give much protection, but it is better than nothing.

[TalonDJ]

“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.