Do you have a Home Defence Strategy?

[Leopard23]

We do. I keep a glock 17L & 19 in a lock box in our bedroom. In a home invasion scenario my wife takes the Glock 19 and goes to the children's, locking the security door in the hallway behind her where the kids rooms are. She puts the kids in the large iron cast bathtub we have and honkers down calling the police. While she does that I take the other glock with a 30 round magazine and go downstairs to confront any intruder. Last one was a couple of kids, fortunately they saw sense and I didn't have to shoot them. They waited until the cops arrived an hour later. Should have had my wife tell the cops I shot them, they'd have been there quicker.

A while back a guy stopped by our home asking for directions in the middle of the day as my wife was unloading the shopping from her car. He followed her in through the open front door right into the kitchen, he ran when he saw me get up and I knew something was up when my wife looked shocked that this stranger was in our home. I wasn't supposed to be home that day but my car had a fender bender and was in the shop. My wife was looking lovely that day in a lovely sundress so I know what he intended and must have been watching our home for a while. We called the cops but they never got the guy. A guy that looked like him did something similar in another city a year later, raped a teenage girl.

https://youtu.be/YBRmNUxAVYs

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[Exterminatore]

Yeah. Wife calls police, and I begin clearing rooms. My shotgun is loaded with rubber slugs and rubber buckshot followed by real slugs and double ought buck.


We take security seriously around my house. We never have doors and windows unlocked. That’s the start of the plan. To deny entry to all unauthorized people. Anyone who belongs there has a key. I check the locks on every door and window once or twice a day, whether I know they were used or not.


We also have surveillance cameras in multiple places. We keep the exterior of the house neat and clean. Informality invites approach. At night our front and backyard are extremely well lit. We also have multiple motion activated lights, there is literally no corner of our property that is not well lit and there is nowhere to hide.


We also have a pit/Jack Russell terrier who an intruder would have to deal with. She is always on patrol whether outside or inside. Always, and I mean always on alert. She knows exactly who belongs in our house. Whenever we have guests we have to restrain her and let her sniff them or she will attack instantly without second thought. The dog is very strong an fearless. She has even pulled me off my feet once or twice while walking her, necessitating a pronged dog collar, because she will go after anyone or anything in our yard that is not part of the household in an instant.


During a home invasion I’d also let her do her thing. If an intruder wasn’t armed with a gun they’d have a huge problem with the dog alone.

[Lliam]

The location of my house is my number one defense. It's in a rural area where everyone is armed. It's up a winding, 1/2 mile long driveway on the side of a hill. They would have no idea what to expect if they drove up here. And if they did, they'd have to be prepared for a gun battle once they got to the top, even before they got close to my house where there is clear visibility all around. They'd be sitting ducks.

I have a variety of firearms locked and loaded. Even my wife knows how to use her little Sig P-380 and how to take defensive cover if someone got inside the house.

[Leopard23]

Well as long as they walk up your drive way and you happen to see them I guess

[Lliam]

Walk up my driveway? That's quite a walk. They would have to pretty motivated, like having something specific in mind. And they wouldn't be able to lug much loot back down the driveway on foot. They would have to be skilled and stealthy for me not to see them before they started breaking into my house. And, again, I'm prepared for that. I think the only possibility of invasion would be a breakdown of society where roving bands of desperados were raiding homes for survival supplies.

[Leopard23]

1/2 a mile is nothing. If I was a home intruder I'd creep up another route, you'd be suprised how many delivery drivers are actually casing thd place.

[Lliam]

Up a hill with 30% grade through brush? Or a 1/2 mile driveway with a 12% grade? Do you think meth head thieves are secret commandos? I'm just saying. You live in a suburban house that has access from streets. Easy in, easy out. Whatever, dude. Should I install claymores? Jeeze, you sound paranoid.

[Leopard23]

Dude you'd be suprised at what meth heads can do. Just saying. Dogs might be an idea

[Lliam]

I think I'm safer than you.

[Anonymous]

Confronting the intruder isn't smart. You should take a defensive position to protect yourself and family and wait for the cops to arrive. Announce to the intruder (s) that you are armed and the police have been called to encourage them to leave, but don't put yourself in danger by confronting them.

[Leopard23]

Thrives always come back like hungry wolves and if they set the house on fire we might not get out.

[Opinion Owner]

Confronting them is only putting yourself in harm's way. It's not smart. Thieves typically aren't setting houses on fire... that's an irrational fear.

[Leopard23]

It's an irrational situation. Doing nothing invites destruction like our neighbors who were viscously beaten a few months ago and were hospitalised and their place torched.

[Exterminatore]

@anon “Confronting an intruder isn’t smart” - no, walking into a house where people are armed and will use said arms isn’t smart. I can’t speak for anyone here. I was in the Marine Corps. I deployed twice, meaning I have gone to war twice. Anyone who wants to let the grey hairs on my head fool them it’s their business. I been shot at more than once and am not afraid to have it happen again. In my home it’s not I who should fear bet the criminal. I may be semi old and grey now but I’m sure I’m not the one in danger in any such situation. It’s the criminal who would be make a deadly serious mistake of invading my home. May I suggest to you that allowing someone to invade your home unchecked is the greater danger. Especially with police being defunded and response times being much slower. As you can see from Lepoard’s personal experience, the police arrived promptly…. an hour later.

[Opinion Owner]

@Exterminatore You are trained. Most people aren't train to 5% of the level you are.

[Leopard23]

Training is about self responsibility

[Agape93]

Yeap, largely consisting of firearms and large dogs that aren't gentle with strangers.

[Leopard23]

I used to keep dogs for this but my wife was afraid of our two dogs and was afraid of them around the kids. She also couldn't control them and were two big for her to walk. We've a pretty good alarm system and cameras. Door bell camera is pretty useful, caught a neighbor stealing our packages.

[Agape93]

I still prefer buckshot

[Leopard23]

That works to. What shotgun you use?

[Alessa13]

I have not really lived alone in my life yet, there is always others in the house with me, roommates, etc.

I do have a small pink.38 revolver though that I hope to never have to use.

[katiesmuff]

Husband has his favorite double barrel shotgun very assessable for any problem in our home which has never happened.

[purplepoppy]

Yes it's based on not having in a shitty area where I live in so much fear I need to be armed.

[Leopard23]

I dong live in a shitty area, they come from the shitty area to where I live looking for easy targets. Many unarmed liberals here have been robbed and beaten, the robbers return again and again.

[Sun_Kim-Ai]

Two guns, camera system connected to a security firm, said security firm doing three rounds per night and check my gate, alarms.

Plus if I need to I can call and get armed guards to patrol my residence's grounds. They are expensive, but worth it.

[asomeone]

How is this in sexual behavior? No judgement

[Leopard23]

The word raped was mentioned

[Paul_in_Indy]

Yes, of course I do.

[jshm2]

No. If you're poor and living in area with high crime, then you know to stop spending your money on shit like guns and instead look to move or get good cameras.

As my old mate Brabo used to say "if you need a gun, then you're likely already fucked"

[Leopard23]

Cameras don't stop anyone. Look at London which has more cameras than anywhere else and yet its the stab capital of Europe. Criminals target areas the perceived as soft targets, if everyone moved elsewhere they'd just follow and that's largely happened with the suburbs

[Sevenpointfive]

i'd probably just die

[Bricealan]

I buy Home Defense, from from Home Depot, and spray the entire house and it keeps out all of the undesirable critters.

Other than that I do keep a Beretta 92FS from the Academy. I live in a secure area, in a Cul-de-sac, away from any high traffic area, and have watchful neighbors all around.

[Leopard23]

A bereta is solid

[Bricealan]

Heavy, (another cop called it a 'brick") but I like the feel of it.

[Leopard23]

I honestly think the US military should have went with the glock in the 80s rather than the Beretta

[Bricealan]

We had a choice of what to buy on entering the Police Academy. I just simply chose Beretta , because of the 'Name" and reputation.

[Redstang88]

Yeah I live where it’s not a problem

[Leopard23]

Until it is

[Redstang88]

It’s really not. Thieves break in when you’re gone here

[Leopard23]

Who cares when you aren't there. It's when you are there with your family that matters

[Redstang88]

Exactly, that’s why I’m not worried

[Leopard23]

Bieber be praised

[Jamie05rhs]

90% of people will ignore this, and some of them will later be victims.

[LiamJHayden]

I do because we do occasionally get burglars in the area. We had a couple less than a year ago in fact. On the other side of the bay, but still close.

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/burglars-break-into-newport-beach-homes-smashing-second-story-windows/

And another in January, again on the other side

https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2023-01-17/2-arrested-after-newport-beach-residential-burglary

[DarkLegacy]

I live in the UK. We are not allowed guns without good reason.

[AimeeKyle]

Absolutely. Many tools strategically/safely places and several plans based on the event type and where it comes from.

[SweetTwistedSatanist]

Got cameras. I keep all the doors locked. I have a combat knife and throwing knives. I have an exit plan and a phone nearby to call authorities, would it come to that.

[Pete671]

A Glock with a 30 round magazine?

[Leopard23]

Technically 31 but you get glack magazines all the way up to 100 at least that's 9mm I'm not sure about other rounds as I've always shot 9mm exclusively. I figure if I'm going down to confront somebody I don't want to have to do a mag change. If I need more than 30 rounds I'm in real trouble anyhow, AR15 kinda trouble with a kevlar vest.

[Pete671]

Are we talking pistols here? I'm UK and used to have a 10mm Glock pistol until they were banned here,,, nice to chat with you,..

[Leopard23]

Sorry to hear that. 10mm is something I've never shot. Yeah pistols.

[Pete671]

I've shot.50 Desert Eagle, too much for me but.45 was fine,,,

[Leopard23]

I shot the older desert Eagle a friend has. Would be OK for home defence if you trained with it, I'd be worried about over penetration. I think 9mm in close quarters is good enough. Used to have a Ruger security six revolver for home defence, police refused to return it after I used it for home defence, later it got destroyed.

[AngryCarl2]

Yes, I lock the doors.

[AngryCarl2]

I say doors but it's just the front door.