[ARCHIVED THREAD] - How Do You React: Home Invasion (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 8/23/2009 12:08:32 PM EDT
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ok, lets say youre sawing logs.
you awake to loud bangs and noises like your front door is been forced open by shoulder or kick. what do you do? |
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Grab glasses.
Grab axe handle by door Rush down stairs aswingin...while wife grabs cell phone for 911 and rushes kids into upstairs bathroom.... Seriously, unless you keep a loaded revolver or shotgun with round racked already, if they've just broken in your door, you have 3-4 seconds to react. Not enough time to key in code, load a semi-auto, rack a round.... I would hope the dog would be enough to distract them. If I had 20 seconds I'd be ready with enough firepower to put the fear of God into a small squad. If they're coming up the stairs as I get my glasses on though, it's an axe handle in a confined place.... and a war cry. 
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My case would be different as a surprise home invasion would not be likely. I'm triple fenced, driveway alarmed, motion lighted, dead bolted, house alarmed and my dogs go absolutely batshit fucking crazy if they hear/smell/see something. With all that going on I would grab my TLR1 lighted SIG and hold that till I plugged the mag into my AK. After that I would take up a defensive position at the top of the stairs and perforate anything that trys to come up them while screaming "Get Sum" "Get Sum" as my wife calls 911. 
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Quoted: Grab glasses. Grab axe handle by door Rush down stairs aswingin...while wife grabs cell phone for 911 and rushes kids into upstairs bathroom.... Seriously, unless you keep a loaded revolver or shotgun with round racked already, if they've just broken in your door, you have 3-4 seconds to react. Not enough time to key in code, load a semi-auto, rack a round.... I would hope the dog would be enough to distract them. If I had 20 seconds I'd be ready with enough firepower to put the fear of God into a small squad. If they're coming up the stairs as I get my glasses on though, it's an axe handle in a confined place.... and a war cry. That's your problem... You keep your guns unloaded and locked up. All I have to do is grab the Walther from its "out-of-sight, out-of-mind" location near the bed... Charge it. This will take an absolute maximum of 5 seconds. Gun safes are OK for keeping the bulk of your valuables locked away... But if you have any plans of defending yourself with a firearm, a gun safe is the difference between being brutally murdered in your own home, or being hailed as a hero on ARFCOM. |
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My bedroom door is securely locked as well as the front door.
I'll just call 911 and wait him out, there's nothing really worth fighting for in the main area of the house. Should he kick in that second door however, he would find himself in my pre chosen kill zone. Anything that misses or goes through him when he's standing there has to go through the AC unit, another wall, the front door and a 28" dia oak tree in the front yard before its a danger to anyone else. He will learn the definition of "Mad Minute" real quick! |
| Put my glasses on, grab 1911 and kneel just inside in the doorway to my bedroom. The way the hallways intersect whoever comes in the front door and walks down the entryway will be showing me there left side while facing straight ahead all while being nicely silhouetted by the nightlight at the end. |
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First, before I even THINK about grabbing a gun, I look out the windows to see what the invaders are wearing. If it says "police", then I go to a different window to look to see if there are any police vehicles outside. Then, after they have gained entry, I ask them if they have a warrant. THEN, if after properly identifying my target it can be determined with utmost certainty that they are NOT police, I go get my gun and shoot them, if they haven't already tied me up and raped my wife while I was dicking around "properly identifying" my target. |
Well, first they'd have to make up up the front steps, which I've coated with ice. The door handle has a heating element attatched to it, so they'd burn their hands when they reached for it. Then, I'd pop them with a staple gun when the tall guy peaks through the doggie door. Then I'd ask if they want to give up, or if they are hungry for more. If they are, I have a little surprise waiting to drop on them from the top of the stairs .
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1. Grab pistol from nightstand.
2. Grab phone, dial 911. 3. Cross hallway into son's room. 4. Locate son. 5. Assume defensive position, protecting son (and possibly wife too). I'm not a commando and I'm not going to pretend to be one on the interwebs. Or, fool myself into thinking I am and getting killed. |
| Having been involved in a home invasion robbery, I can say it's probably one of the scariest things ever. If it happened today, I would be much more prepared for what's coming. Being 12 years old at the time, you can't do much about it, but hit the floor and lie as still as possible. |
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Quoted: Having been involved in a home invasion robbery, I can say it's probably one of the scariest things ever. If it happened today, I would be much more prepared for what's coming. Being 12 years old at the time, you can't do much about it, but hit the floor and lie as still as possible. Doesn't that hold true for everyone in Kalifornistan, regardless of age? |
| The real answer is somewhere in between. I would grab my kid from the next room and then head back to cover my extremely long fatal funnel while wife dials 911. It would be a hell of a 00 buck hailstorm to get to our bedroom...approximately 63 pellets worth depending on whether or not I had time to reload. |
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Having been involved in a home invasion robbery, I can say it's probably one of the scariest things ever. If it happened today, I would be much more prepared for what's coming. Being 12 years old at the time, you can't do much about it, but hit the floor and lie as still as possible. Doesn't that hold true for everyone in Kalifornistan, regardless of age?
Lol, right? It's a goddamn home invasion, not a fire or earthquake! |
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Well, first they'd have to make up up the front steps, which I've coated with ice. The door handle has a heating element attatched to it, so they'd burn their hands when they reached for it. Then, I'd pop them with a staple gun when the tall guy peaks through the doggie door. Then I'd ask if they want to give up, or if they are hungry for more. If they are, I have a little surprise waiting to drop on them from the top of the stairs .LOLOLOL  strong with it you were.
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Investigate.
Identify FOF (drunk neighbor will get a pass) Armed drunk neighbor will die. Everyone else will die. We have a plan worked out already for this. Angles of fire, concealment, and cover (very little of that) have been analyzed and tactics have been drilled, based on every conceivable point or multiple points of entrance by the gang. Fatal tunnels are identified in the home, and I know where the natural barriers are on the other sides of various walls in relation to visible pictures and furniture, so that I may shoot through a wall at the gang if need be. When home, my M&P9 with an Insight Tech. laser/light combo is right on the nightstand, one foot from my reach, along with an additional Surefire light, and I keep an AK Romy in back of it with a 40 rounder locked in. Bastards like to use body armor, so 9mm is Winchester SXT 27gr. +P+ which will penetrate most body armor and put a real hurt on those it doesn't, and of course the 7.62x39 will cut right through it. |
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Tactical roll off the bed, charge the shotgun with a #4 Buck and take cover at the edge of the bed.
Ill be concealed, the intruder will be highlighted in the door way and Im next to a phone to dial 911. Well, thats plan a anyways. What really happens? Don't know... hard to convince my friends to break in on me so I can drill this situation |
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Well, first they'd have to make up up the front steps, which I've coated with ice. The door handle has a heating element attatched to it, so they'd burn their hands when they reached for it. Then, I'd pop them with a staple gun when the tall guy peaks through the doggie door. Then I'd ask if they want to give up, or if they are hungry for more. If they are, I have a little surprise waiting to drop on them from the top of the stairs .LOLOLOL strong with it you were.Everything I know about home defense I learnt from Kevin Mcallister
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Both of us grab guns, one keeps the dog in the bedroom until we know what's going on, which is determined by me with a light and handgun most likely. The stairs have a straight view of the front door. Whomever's not watching the front door is on the phone to the police. If they're already in the house by the time we're functional then we just defend the bedroom and wait for the police, there's nothing worth risking my life over in terms of property. Of course, if they try to come up the stairs they're toast, and if we're downstairs at the time, oh well, their bad luck.
The dog's a great dane, so entering that bedroom when one of us is in there and on high alert is asking to die. They're sweet hearts normally, but when they want you down and hurting they don't have much trouble with it. If you're lucky you don't hurt the dog, since her mom would probably tell the police it was a false alarm and spend the next six months torturing you in the basement. |
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Grab the Fenix and XD45 from the night stand, leave the phone because my hands are already full. Stand in the bedroom doorway, pointed down the hall towards the door. If door opens, start shooting.
One thing I don't like about my house is the fact that I don't have any front windows! The house is kinda backwards. I really need to get a camera at the front door and another for the driveway. |