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[SERIOUS] Not including firearms, what is your weapon of choice during a potential home invasion?
[SERIOUS] Not including firearms, what is your weapon of choice during a potential home invasion?
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My dogs, you’d have to be a really fucking stupid burglar.
The dog or the ol Louisville slugger
Not looking to be incendiary. Seriously asking. I’m indifferent on guns, my spouse is flat out against. I have little kids so just looking to have something useful and thought out while we wait the 4 to 15 mins for help to arrive.
Calling police is always step 1. After that, what do you use to keep your kids safe in the waiting period?
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Kitchen knife
Cricket Bat.
A machete. You try to steal my stuff, I keep your hand.
WW1 Tench Mace
Kitchen knife and cayenne powder.
Corn.
MPL-50 e-tool
My 150 pound Brazilian mastiff
Boar spear.
My dog
Baseball bat
Don’t know where you will be or what you will be doing during a home invasion. Literally anything around me that can be weaponized is my choice.
Most important item is a cellphone. The faster you call the cops the faster you get help. Tip is to call the cops, give them your address, then put it on speaker and slide the phone into the middle of the room. Everything will be recorded for you.
The morningstar
There is a such thing as a “tactical flashlight” which are basically incapacitating bright. You can can get them in gun-mounted or hand-held versions as well.
It won’t hurt or kill someone, but a quick flash at night can surprise them long enough, or night vision impair/glare-blind them long enough to buy you some reaction time.
A kilij
I keep a hunting hatchet next to my bed. It has a classic axe head but a nice hook on the back perfect for gutting
Weightlifting pole. You want reach.
In arms reach probably flinging a cardboard drink coaster like it was a shuriken
I have knives hidden all over my house for this exact situation. Bathroom, hallway, living room…etc
slingshot
My panic button and/or my murder hound
Two large (100 lbs each) extremely protective Rotties.
Pepper spray and a knife.
Somebody mentioned a crossbow. There are quick-reloading options if you go that route.
I prefer melee weapons, but it depends on your environment. Are the kids on the same side of the house as you? Are you defending a hallway, or an open floor plan? Long swords can reach somebody down a hall with no room to maneuver, but a short sword and shield would be better to slash with, as well as stab over the shield.
Spears are good-ish. More popular because it was cheap and not a finesse weapon. I prefer a halberd.
You can also get civilian-legal flashbang grenades, to stun somebody before closing distance.
If you don’t want real weapons, Wasp spray has a helluva reach.
stun gun, pepper spray, dsm 5 hardbound book 😆
knives
baseball bats (nails optional)
golf clubs
harsh/strong spices
pepper spray
screaming like a lunatic while fighting like your life depends on it (because it probably does),
insults, barbs and harsh language
500 pound trained attack tiger.
My tomahawk
Cattle prod
Giant zucchini. Never fails.
Crossbow. One to the stomach won’t kill, but you’ll be fucked for the rest of your life.
Home field advantage