What is your HOME defense weapon?

[jamaldog87]

i sleep with a sword and nunchucks beside and above my bed. there is a mini mag light by my gerbil cage(rats passed). 

[zackyholdem]

12 gauge 870, dont actually shoot it, you just rack it a bunch of times and they run for the hills.

glock 19 does all the dirty work

if all that fails then its hand to hand combat with an 18" machete

[gstewart44]

12 gauge 870, dont actually shoot it, you just rack it a bunch of times and they run for the hills.

Let's see....rack the 870 about 5 times and hmmmmm - no more shells in the gun...theyre all on the floor..... I would imagine when they are running for the hills they have your 870 with them.   

[Savage]

12 gauge 870, dont actually shoot it, you just rack it a bunch of times and they run for the hills.

Let's see....rack the 870 about 5 times and hmmmmm - no more shells in the gun...theyre all on the floor..... I would imagine when they are running for the hills they have your 870 with them.   

    That's funny!!!

 Hopefully he's just pulling our collective legs!  I wish I had a nickel for each time I've heard that nonsense repeated!!

Savage
 

[zackyholdem]

hey what do you guys think that i'm some kinda liberal or something, lol the 870 stays locked and loaded with 4 buck and the only time i'll be racking the gun is to eject a spent shell and chamber another

[Savage]

hey what do you guys think that i'm some kinda liberal or something, lol the 870 stays locked and loaded with 4 buck and the only time i'll be racking the gun is to eject a spent shell and chamber another

12 gauge 870, dont actually shoot it, you just rack it a bunch of times and they run for the hills.


Nope, don't think you're a liberal, you just got some bad information somewhere.


Savage

[teamnelson]

I kinda figure if someone is in my home, they don't need the courtesy sound to warn them I'm armed. And if the weapon is intended for home defense, it ought to be in Condition 1 anyway as all DA revolvers are when loaded. 

[SharonAnne]

and how do most TV reports of home invasions start?

The family was attacked WHEN THEY OPENED THE DOOR!!!

I do not open the outer door without identifying the person calling. My outer door is heavy steel screen on a steel frame with both a door knob lock and a dead bolt. While it will not prevent a determined entry, it will slow the baddies enough for me to fully prepared to defend against boarders.

My primary HOME defense weapon is a Para P14-45 loaded with alternating WW 185gr Silvertips and Federal 165gr Expanding Total Metal Jackets.

While the 870/12 or the 5.56 AR would be useful across the family room/kitchen; either would be a poor substitute for a Quarter staff. My Quarter staff stands in the corner 3' from the headboard and right at the bathroom door.

[OLDPUPPYMAX]

A 12 gauge pump loaded with #2 buck. I can't imagine anything more intimidating than the sound of racking a shotgun, never mind the force of a well placed shot. At 15', mid torso, the spine is likely to be severed, even if the heart is missed. That will end any argument with thugs.

[Savage]

A 12 gauge pump loaded with #2 buck. I can't imagine anything more intimidating than the sound of racking a shotgun,.

Hope that's not your HD plan. Most who have experience with combat shotguns will tell you that that's an excellent time to short stroke a pump shotgun. A more reliable intimidating sound is the blast.
Savage

[45-70.gov]

i  want  that  sound for my door bell

that sound  always works on  TV

[myronman3]

I kinda figure if someone is in my home, they don't need the courtesy sound to warn them I'm armed. And if the weapon is intended for home defense, it ought to be in Condition 1 anyway as all DA revolvers are when loaded. 

'xactly.   the only sound anyone will hear in my home is the bullet impacting their body.   

[SHOOTALL]

People do often open the door to an attacker as SA noted but also in many cases the attacker is friend or family member .

[Tn Jim]

People do often open the door to an attacker as SA noted but also in many cases the attacker is friend or family member .

All my friends and family members know that would be the best way to get shot!

[tonantius]

I typically keep a .380 LCP or Bersa Thunder 380 on my night stand with a backup mag. My son keeps an FNH Five-Seven in his desk with a 20-rnd mag. I also have an AR-15 with two 30-rnd mags nearby. I have a small tactical flashlight next to the pistol. I have a tactical light and laser with pressure switch on the AR-15. The LCP has a Crimson Trace laser grip. My son has a PS-20 in his closet with a 50-rnd mag. All of this should buy us enough time for the wife to open the ammo locker and the gun safe. 

[Stuart C.]

How many folks here have extended family members that might live nearby that will open the door to your home and walk in without knocking or ringing the bell. 

I'll tell you why I ask.

My inlaws. Usually we know if/when they are coming over.  They don't knock. Ever. Once they came over after dark but before the kids' bedtime.
The back door BURST open.  The dog went into riotous barking defense mode. Kids and I were startled.  Next time I'm going to yell a warning and maybe they'll catch on.  Point being, not only is it rude, but places their grandkids at a safety risk making the household acustomed to unannounced entrants.

Thoughts?

[Savage]

How many folks here have extended family members that might live nearby that will open the door to your home and walk in without knocking or ringing the bell. 

I'll tell you why I ask.

My inlaws. Usually we know if/when they are coming over.  They don't knock. Ever. Once they came over after dark but before the kids' bedtime.
The back door BURST open.  The dog went into riotous barking defense mode. Kids and I were startled.  Next time I'm going to yell a warning and maybe they'll catch on.  Point being, not only is it rude, but places their grandkids at a safety risk making the household acustomed to unannounced entrants.

Thoughts?

A locked door solves your problem. I'd still let the in-laws, and everyone else know that they wouldn't like my startle response to an unannounced entry.
Savage

[Curtis]

A locked door solves your problem. I'd still let the in-laws, and everyone else know that they wouldn't like my startle response to an unannounced entry.
Savage

My doors are always locked when I'm home.  I want 100% assurance that someone is out to do me harm before I use deadly force.  A locked door will do that.

I wouldn't want to live with my consience if I shot someone who merely wandered in because of a bout of dementia, drunkeness or just a case of "oops wrong house".  I went 'round and 'round with my two kids when they were living with me about keeping the doors locked, but they finally understood when I explained it to them in the above terms.  It was also my reason to them for wanting to know their whereabouts at all times and when they planned on coming home.

Curtis

[Curtis]

...............also, I see many comments about leaving a pistol or other weapon "on the night stand" or other place out in the open.  My question is do you have dogs in the house to alert you?  After my last dog passed away and was not replaced, I started keeping my weapons secure.  I have a "Gun Vault" type safe with a touch pad built into my headboard and it only takes a couple of seconds to deploy (yes I do practice from time to time).  Anyway my thought was that if someone DID somehow manage to get the drop on me while I'm sleeping, I didn't want to be staring down the barrel of my own weapon.

At such time that my lifestyle allows me to have dogs again, I won't worry about anyone surprising me but until then?

Curtis

[Curtis]

Oh, forgot.  My home defense weapon?
Smith M&P Compact 40 cal


......and if need be I'll fight my way to this:


Curtis

[Rock Home Isle]

What weapon and ammo do you keep handy for defending your home and family?

This is an interesting thread...

On the street...I'll obviously have a handgun.

But in my home...Wow, there's a lot to consider...close quarters, sheetrock walls with 2x4 construction....possibility of FAMILY in nearby rooms. Yeah I've gone over this in my mind many times.

This was real easy for me. You'll find a shotgun real close by.

Somebody tries to break into my home...pose a threat to my family...they will most likely hear me racking a Buckshot round into a Remington 870 and staring down the recieving end of a "20" tactical barrel. In my home...I don't need concealed carry and when I hit the Bad Guy I want that mass of lead to stop right there...read that to mean "NO Over Penetration". And Gawd forbid, should I miss...I want THAT mass of lead to stop in my house and not be a threat to my neighbors.

Besides, why do you think Doc Holiday took a 10 gauge to the OK Corral?

Because it works...by Gawd!

[mechanic]

...............also, I see many comments about leaving a pistol or other weapon "on the night stand" or other place out in the open.  My question is do you have dogs in the house to alert you?  After my last dog passed away and was not replaced, I started keeping my weapons secure.  I have a "Gun Vault" type safe with a touch pad built into my headboard and it only takes a couple of seconds to deploy (yes I do practice from time to time).  Anyway my thought was that if someone DID somehow manage to get the drop on me while I'm sleeping, I didn't want to be staring down the barrel of my own weapon.

At such time that my lifestyle allows me to have dogs again, I won't worry about anyone surprising me but until then?

Curtis

About the only thing "Sweet Thangs" pomeranian is good for.  She can hear a flea crawling across the carpet.....

[Lt Smoke]

18", 870 with 7 rnds of 000, Kimber Stainless II  45 acp with Lawman 230g HP, Wife has a CA Bulldog Pug .44 special with 200g XTP's, Sure Fire Lithium flashlight x2 and a cell phone. The two  peacocks in the yard are a really good early warning system. Oh yeah if things get really ugly we have two Brangus Bulls that like to run off tresspassers..........

[jeffcneal]

Ithaca model 37 HD with 4 rounds of 2.75" Federal #6 and a fore-end light.

[bearmgc]

XD45 Service and an 11-87 turkey gun stoked with slugs.

[mrussel]

Remington 870 with 00 buck
Glock 17 with spare mag
custom Colt 1911 downstairs
Ruger GP 100
Surefire flashlight
Rottweiler house dog

 If one could only have a single item from that list to defend their home,I the Rott would be my choice. Second choice would be the 870 followed by the 1911. The Rott could have the Glock as a chew toy. Its nice chewey plastic. LOL

[semperfi1970]

1st the usmc flag flown off of my front steps, locked dooors 2nd, 3rd a chiwawa along side a african grey parrot (early warning device), 4th cell phone call to 911, 5th my deep voice demanding one leaves my home and as the last resort my trusty .357 with 158 grain xtp hollow points hand loaded to the max. If one manages to get by me then they must contend with the wifes 20 guage buck shot. If one is lucky enought to evade all of this then there is the 17 year old boy at the end of the hall defending his little sister with a 45/70 guide gun. 

[teddy12b]

1st the usmc flag flown off of my front steps, locked dooors 2nd, 3rd a chiwawa along side a african grey parrot (early warning device), 4th cell phone call to 911, 5th my deep voice demanding one leaves my home and as the last resort my trusty .357 with 158 grain xtp hollow points hand loaded to the max. If one manages to get by me then they must contend with the wifes 20 guage buck shot. If one is lucky enought to evade all of this then there is the 17 year old boy at the end of the hall defending his little sister with a 45/70 guide gun. 

I like that response!

[jamaldog87]

1st the usmc flag flown off of my front steps, locked dooors 2nd, 3rd a chiwawa along side a african grey parrot (early warning device), 4th cell phone call to 911, 5th my deep voice demanding one leaves my home and as the last resort my trusty .357 with 158 grain xtp hollow points hand loaded to the max. If one manages to get by me then they must contend with the wifes 20 guage buck shot. If one is lucky enought to evade all of this then there is the 17 year old boy at the end of the hall defending his little sister with a 45/70 guide gun. 

Luke 11:21 , When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe. 

[Cheesehead]

1st the usmc flag flown off of my front steps, locked dooors 2nd, 3rd a chiwawa along side a african grey parrot (early warning device), 4th cell phone call to 911, 5th my deep voice demanding one leaves my home and as the last resort my trusty .357 with 158 grain xtp hollow points hand loaded to the max. If one manages to get by me then they must contend with the wifes 20 guage buck shot. If one is lucky enought to evade all of this then there is the 17 year old boy at the end of the hall defending his little sister with a 45/70 guide gun. 

A layered defense, very nice.