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Lets say you are at your hobby table or desk. You hear a window shatter and the voice of anywhere between two to five men.

What is your course of action? Would you call the police immediatly? Would you try to defend your home? Would you hide?

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 Nurgle wrote:
Lets say you are at your hobby table or desk. You hear a window shatter and the voice of anywhere between two to five men.

What is your course of action? Would you call the police immediatly? Would you try to defend your home? Would you hide?




I would have my hardware in my hand before I picked up a phone. And I have 911 on speed dial. That way, I can call for law enforcement while holding my Glock 10mm or Colt .45 ACP.


But when they are in my sight, the phone gets dropped so I can focus on stopping the threat.


If I don't have time to call 911 before having to engage the threat, then I call for the law afterwards (if I am able).


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 Nurgle wrote:
Lets say you are at your hobby table or desk. You hear a window shatter and the voice of anywhere between two to five men.

What is your course of action? Would you call the police immediatly? Would you try to defend your home? Would you hide?
If I'm at my hobby table, and not megashmammered, it means something regrettable is probably about to take place. My hobby table is in my bedroom, which means immediate access to a large array of weapons, ranging from pocket knives to swords to optics equipped kalashnikovs and everything in between.

That said, if I hear a window shatter, and not a door breaking...well, I'm on the top floor of my building, and if they're coming in that way, theyve probably earned something


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I make a note to replace the claymore mines that just splattered the intruders across the wall (specifically reinforced and easily hosed off for this purpose) and call the police to come make a report. Don't with engineers.

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I'd grab my ninja stars and naruto headband!

Seriously though, calling the police is a pretty good start. Arming yourself and finding a defensible position is another.

Though, I really have to wonder how often strong arm robberies occur when you're awake and aware with lights on and such. A better question might have been 'you wake up to the sound of...."

I know some people (like my brother) advocate having a loaded gun in every room in the house, but I guess I don't expect to have ninjas backflipping through my front window at 6 pm.

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 oldravenman3025 wrote:
 Nurgle wrote:
Lets say you are at your hobby table or desk. You hear a window shatter and the voice of anywhere between two to five men.

What is your course of action? Would you call the police immediatly? Would you try to defend your home? Would you hide?




I would have my hardware in my hand before I picked up a phone. And I have 911 on speed dial. That way, I can call for law enforcement while holding my Glock 10mm or Colt .45 ACP.


But when they are in my sight, the phone gets dropped so I can focus on stopping the threat.


If I don't have time to call 911 before having to engage the threat, then I call for the law afterwards (if I am able).




I see where this thread is going,

turns out it was the cops breaking into your house because they were at the wrong location again. they see you with the gun and shoot you without warning.

 
   
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Home invasion robberies are exceedingly rare, they happen but not to the level that some people prepare for. I have tons of weapons, but none are really intended for immediate self defense (mostly cool factor) except my carry revolver and some pocketknives which is mainly for when I'm out and not at home. I dont keep my swords behind doors or my AK's loaded and ready to rumble at a moments notice, and I've yet to find an appropriate shower gun

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I'd go see who is lost/in need of help. Where I live, home invasions really just don't happen.

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 Nurgle wrote:
Lets say you are at your hobby table or desk. You hear a window shatter and the voice of anywhere between two to five men.

What is your course of action? Would you call the police immediatly? Would you try to defend your home? Would you hide?


Is anyone else home with me?

If not, I'd likely call the police, get my shotgun from my adjacent bedroom and barricade myself in my hobby room. This is assuming the intruders are coming into my house from the living room/garage area which would put them between me and the two exits for my house. Then I'd announce to the intruders that I have a weapon pointed at the door and that the police have been notified. After that I'd hope that they wouldn't try calling my bluff. I'd keep the 911 dispatcher on the line to record my interaction with the intruders in case I had to fire. That is if I could get through to 911. The few times I've had to call in an emergency it was difficult to initially get an operator on the line.

If my fiance is with me in the home, I'd try to get her out of the house, but depending on where we are in the house at the time of the intrusion we might both be barricaded in a room. She has a shotgun too, so yay for double firepower? Still would call the police and stay on the line if possible.

Of course if there is the opportunity to leave the house safely that would be preferable. Our house was built in the 50's and really only has a front door (living room) and back door (garage) for exits, so depending on where the action is taking place it would be pretty easy to get cut off from an escape route in my house.


   
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sirlynchmob wrote:
 oldravenman3025 wrote:
 Nurgle wrote:
Lets say you are at your hobby table or desk. You hear a window shatter and the voice of anywhere between two to five men.

What is your course of action? Would you call the police immediatly? Would you try to defend your home? Would you hide?




I would have my hardware in my hand before I picked up a phone. And I have 911 on speed dial. That way, I can call for law enforcement while holding my Glock 10mm or Colt .45 ACP.


But when they are in my sight, the phone gets dropped so I can focus on stopping the threat.


If I don't have time to call 911 before having to engage the threat, then I call for the law afterwards (if I am able).




I see where this thread is going,

turns out it was the cops breaking into your house because they were at the wrong location again. they see you with the gun and shoot you without warning.






The SOP for the SWAT guys in every jurisdiction that I know of, is to loudly and clearly announce that they are serving a warrant before making entry. "No knock" warrants are rare nowadays due to liability and instances of internet trolls "SWATting" people.

Also, a warrant entry doesn't automatically make the structure a free fire zone. If my weapon is at the ready, then they'll usually give commands. If it's pointed in their direction, then I get my ass shot. You only point your weapon when you indentify your target as a threat and intend to engage.

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Grab my sword, open the door to my room, stand behind it and then wait for them to come through

But no, really I would just call the police. I don't want to go to jail.

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 Nurgle wrote:
Lets say you are at your hobby table or desk. You hear a window shatter and the voice of anywhere between two to five men.

What is your course of action? Would you call the police immediatly? Would you try to defend your home? Would you hide?


My loaded handgun is between my hobby location, and the doorway to the main home area. Given the size of my house, there would be time to get it, and confront the intruders, but no time to make a phone call, wait for 911 to pick up, and explain the situation. I would engage the targets, and make all necessary attempts to neutralize them, with lethal force if necessary.

A number of home break ins, with the residents being shot, have occurred in my town in the last few weeks, so this has definitely been one of the those things on my mind of late.

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 Vaktathi wrote:
Home invasion robberies are exceedingly rare, they happen but not to the level that some people prepare for. I have tons of weapons, but none are really intended for immediate self defense (mostly cool factor) except my carry revolver and some pocketknives which is mainly for when I'm out and not at home. I dont keep my swords behind doors or my AK's loaded and ready to rumble at a moments notice, and I've yet to find an appropriate shower gun



I have the same sort of set up. My weapons are locked up where the child can't get them. I do have a hammer where I can get to it quickly, but I suspect the big, scary dog will be the real deterrent.

   
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I quickly as feth send an SMS for help, then hide my phone and finally hide myself.

If I am found, I surrender. I am not suicidal.

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ok I'll play, the only window I have on the ground floor is my glass door, if they come through that they're coming in behind me. At that point there is only one thing for me to do, offer to help them carry my tv to their ride.

They have the drop on me, they out number me, they can have my stuff it's insured and I need a new computer anyways

 
   
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I have a Kimber 1911 that looks just like the real thing, with all the real markings and all steel, except that it's an airsoft gun.

I could probably get away with forcing a surrender with it, if I didn't live in Britain if the intruders had any brains they'd know real guns are hard to come by if you don't live in the countryside.

The gun itself will be incredibly dangerous to be in front of with no protection though, easily enough to hospitalise someone. Whether or not I'd be accurate with it while trying not to panic, and whether I'd be taken to court for using it against intruders, even if they're carrying weapons like knives, is another story.

Luckily living in Britain, the worst kind of intruder you'd usually expect is a dumb thief who will leave traces of their presence everywhere, so I don't have any sleepless nights about what I'd do if such a scenario happens

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 Nurgle wrote:
Lets say you are at your hobby table or desk. You hear a window shatter and the voice of anywhere between two to five men.

What is your course of action? Would you call the police immediatly? Would you try to defend your home? Would you hide?


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My main concern (assuming I didn't have to worry about anybody else's safety) would just be to get out of the house and call the cops. My gak ain't worth a life. Confronting them just escalates the situation. I'd preferably just grab my cellphone and go out the window (I'm only on the second floor, and have done it before when my door handle broke.

Not that this is a particularly big thing I worry about, we don't even lock out doors here. And I could just run to one of the friendly red-necks on either side of me if I needed protection.

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Assume my roommate has things under control, and keep on painting!

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Well, potential home invasion is precisely why I keep a hammer by the side of my bed, but fortunately I've never had a reason to use it, and can't ever envisage a scenario where I would.

It just makes me feel secure knowing that it's there

I don't even need the hammer anymore, one of my housemates is a policeman so I would just tell him to deal with the intruder

A crazy homeless guy did wander in recently when the painters were redecorating the place, but I didn't need the hammer to remove him (or the policeman), I just gave him some change and sent him on his way

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Out the other window, on my cell calling the cops. Obviously getting others out first but it seems this is supposed to be a home alone scenario.

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 timetowaste85 wrote:
Assume my roommate has things under control, and keep on painting!


now here is someone with priorities.

-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
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Two scenarios really. If I'm home alone, and if my kids are in the house.

If I'm home alone, Quickly shut the door and lock it (I upgraded all interior doors to solid wood and solid handles). After that, throw my cell phone on speaker phone with 911 on the line while I grab my Taurus Judge (loaded with PDX 5-disk self defense rounds), put on my ballistics vest (surplus clearance), take a defensive position, and aim towards the door while I make my presence known. If they want my stuff and want to see if they can beat the cops there, that's fine. If they are there for violence, well prepare to be ventilated. (each shot of those PDX rounds is equivalent to being shot 5 times simultaneously by a 9mm).

If my kids are home I'm getting to them first, weapon drawn. There will be no warning, no second guessing, and no mercy. Luckily I also have 3 .38 special revolvers hidden inside break-away panels behind the drywall hidden in strategic locations throughout the house. Been there since before I had kids, so they know nothing about the locations.
   
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