If I spend a night out with my buddies and come home in a drunken stupor and my wife shoots me, I won't be dead..
Has this happened before?
If I spend a night out with my buddies and come home in a drunken stupor and my wife shoots me, I won't be dead..
Only exit from my house is in a body bag.
All that stuff can still KILL you.
And, I think most of it is crap.
Believe me, I have seen the stuff tested.
Stick with half way decent practice/training.
Most of it is "less lethal", but so is a Louisville Slugger (the best home protection bar none, NOBODY ever got killed cleaning the Louisville)
Know your target, know your weapons.
Don't stand there...
GO TO THE THREAT. (you don't need cover while you are firing, the bad guy does)
NEVER BACK DOWN.
NEVER give up ANY space.
Shoot until the bad guy stops moving.
Then cover him just in case...
As much as I like 00 Buck, the number 6 (or 4) comment above is really true.
I already have a "less lethal" tool, it's called a dead-bolt. Once they get past that I'm not worried about their safety or chances of survival. I don't want to kill anyone, but whether or not they survive is between them, God and the medical community.
Most of what you just said will get your killed. Baseball bats are for playing baseball and cover is a good way to allow you to defend yourself. Any self defense instructor will always emphasize that you keep your attacker away from you...the length of a bat is not keeping your attacker away from you. Neither is allowing your attacker to take cover and moving toward them?? Holey $hit..that is probably the best way to meet your maker. Only some macho man would say never give up your space. Screw that... never give up your life or put yourself in a position that will get you killed. This ain't a war zone and we're not soldiers. If you can get out of there without getting killed or wounded along with family then I say DO IT. Don't ever try to be a hero.
I was a Cop for 27 years.
I respectfully disagree with you.
I will stick with the way I was trained.
NEVER give an inch.
If you want to let the bad guy pursue you thru your house.
That is your right.
Its really hard to shoot over your shoulder.
Its also really hard to walk backwards and shoot without tripping.
I think I will stick with going to the threat.
It worked pretty well for me for a quarter century.
I usually agree with you on most things, Gary, but on this I gotta call you an uninformed. You must always advance on the enemy until they are no longer a threat, be they dead or otherwise incapacitated. If you invade my space and threaten me and/or my family, I will advance until one of us is dead.
If someone is in your home with a weapon, they mean you harm.
They are PLANNING on you to be passive.
They are planning to/or don't care if they hurt you and your family or they would come when you ARE NOT HOME and just take your stuff.
Again, they are PLANNING to hurt you and for you to be passive and to retreat.
The discussion in the many above posts is that you are defending your home and family.
Sorry, but you ARE at war and a soldier at that point.
How far are you going to back up?
Living room, hallway, babies room, daughters room?
Every instructor I ever listened to (many over MANY years) said to go to and eliminate the threat.
Never give up ground in your home. ( I would not give up ground anywhere unless I had NO choice. At home, no give up)
That is the discussion above, and I stick with that.
A "shotgun wielding maniac" ( also known as a full silhouette target with features) is probably the best example.
He probably is not going to leave any witnesses.
And I bet he would be really surprised at someone advancing and shooting at him, which gives YOU the advantage.
You back up, he has the advantage.
And, I still disagree about the Louisville slugger.
Are you going to tell me that you DON'T want your wife (if you are married) to use a baseball bat if she has nothing else, and/ or won't use a gun?
USE ANYTHING YOU HAVE.
Fingernails if that is all you have.
People that break into your home are not there to play games.
I have SEEN what happens to people that take the passive position.
That may have been fair advice in the 1950's.
The world is a different place that 60 years ago.
The "roll over and take it, and live to fight another day" perspective doesn't apply anymore ( in my opinion).
Too much has been learned by bad people when the watch TV and movies.
They KNOW you will be passive, and that is what they count on.
Prove them wrong, and the are VERY surprised, and usually bleeding...
I usually agree with you on most things, Gary, but on this I gotta call you an uninformed. You must always advance on the enemy until they are no longer a threat, be they dead or otherwise incapacitated. If you invade my space and threaten me and/or my family, I will advance until one of us is dead.