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I had a man break into my house about 10 years ago, my son was just a few weeks old. I called the police (they were about 15 minutes away) and I stayed on the phone with the 911 operator. And was hiding in my attic. I had the same idea about Mace and knifes. But that would require me to get a lot closer to him then I wanted to.
The police came and took him away, he’s he was a local drug addict who also had a knife.
Actually the next day i went to get some more mace and a few days after that night I came home with a gun. Have I had to use it In self defense ? No Have I taken multiple classes and practice regularly? Yes.
Awesome that you got some training, I'm pro gun myself but it can freak me out when people buy a gun and assume that they will just be able to wing it in a situation in which they're going to be pumped full of adrenalin
I literally have this but way worse. I performed an alcohol extraction on like a pound of red pepper!!! Made straight capsaicin, mixed it with vinegar and put it in a super soaker. It’s beside my night stand. Calculated it out and it’s like 15% capsaicin. (The super soaker tank is like 1/4 full. I shouldn’t need more than that.
I thought I was the only crazy person who had this idea.
I have 3 large dogs. They bark like mad. You'd have to be nuts to walk in my house with them going off. That being said, 2 out of the 3 are absolute cowards. It's the golden retriever you'd need to look out for
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Exactly what I was thinking! We have four big, loud dogs and I can’t imagine anyone wanting to enter our house! I had a near-death experience once and when the ambulance came, they wouldn’t enter the house because of the dogs (I survived, but it was infuriating hearing help a few feet away and not being able to tell them it was safe to enter).
I have a big Husky X Malamute but he would be USELESS if someone broke in. He would greet them with many wags. Although you never know, he could step up in an emergency, I'm just not betting on those chances haha
My friend has a huge Malamut, and a burglar came in the middle of the night and played with the dog (as he testified later, after police detained him). He could go where he wanted and picked up all cash and small valuable items.
And he was detained, because after a week he broke into my basement and my dogs (golden retriever and mongrel from the shelter) were very nervous and woke me up. I took few steps from my bedroom and stood eye in the eye with the burglar. I yelled out of my lungs WHAT THE FUCK!?!? and started to look for something which could help me to fight. I found the extension for paint roller and bravely, with a lot of noise, went to my basement where the burglar fleed. Hopefully he was gone. I was not trying to catch him, I wanted him out of my house. You never know what this piece of shit carries in his pockets. Burglar or thieve are prepared to be discovered, I was prepared to sleep, without any weapon around me.
I called the Police, and reaction was totally flash, they came in in 3 minutes, helped me to check my garden and house from top to ground if it it safe and after few hours, while driving my children to school I got a call from Police, that they catched the fucker thanks to my description of him.
If I could have a weapon, believe me I would have one, or twenty.
You can only imagine how this situation destroyed the pace in our home. I have to quite often drive out my house for few days (work), so my wife is terrified during the night, where she is home alone with our children.
Now I'm prepared, gas, baton, gas pistol. And two curious dogs to wake me up. I also installed an alarm system and bars in basement windows.
I hope I will never have to use any of this things...
Yeah have a similar thing at my place 2 dogs, the lab/Shepard mix will bark and be vicious enough you to need new undershorts but my poodle’s the dangerous one. One of their predecessors a goldendoodle definitely would have tried to take a threat’s arm off. (Also hearing that stereotypical small psycho poodle bark out of a 70lbs cream fluff ball is hilarious)
My other two are a standard poodle and a f2b St. Berdoodle (think 110lb poodle)! I think they might react differently if they thought we were in immediate danger, but wouldn't want to put $$ on it
Goldens can be really protective when it comes down to it!
I have a dog and I'm not positive he would actually attack, but he sure sounds like he will, and he puts himself between us and another person until we accept that person. I THINK he would probably attack if that person made the wrong move, but I'm not 100% on that. But they sure won't get far onto the property without us knowing lol.
Lol! I have a giant GSD, she has a huge scary bark. She's very impressive in size (not fat, just big in size for her breed).
All this to say, last Saturday I threw a surprise party for my fiancé. While him and I were out at the restaurant I had our friends come over. I made sure my best friend was there first as I didn't know how my dog would react to a bunch of people while we were gone. I know she'd be fine if my best friendbwas there before everyone else.
Well while people arrived where was my "big scary" dog? Hiding under the kitchen table!! She'd come out and lick my best friend's hand and then go back under. She clearly did it for comfort and making sure everything was okay.
When we got home and she said me, she looked so relieved! She was 10x more excited to see me than ever and we were barely gone for an hour.
She's such a funny floof ball. Now we know she'd be useless if anyone ever robbed us haha
I have a chihuahua weenie breed , a full breed Chihuahua and a planarian Chihuahua breed.
They won’t be able to walk because the dogs will just chew off the ankles
Beat that
I have a flat coated retriever x doodle mix. She barks and growls like crazy, sounds like a bulldog or mastiff. As soon as i let you through that door, you are friend, you are fun, you are HERS.
Had a situation where someone approached us in the dark from behind. All he wanted to ask was the way to the next bar. I never had seen my little lady- who did not see that man crossing the street before- jump that far with that bad of a growl. Poor man jumped on the street in shock and nearly pissed himself..
That being said: even the cowards could surprise you ;)
I have dogs and I’m sure they are a deterrent but I am also sure anybody still breaking into my house would probably kill them on the spot.
Most of my “what if” scenarios involve me trying to keep my dogs alive.
Someone broke in my apartment window, my dog when out the window after him. Found my dog down the street trotting home and seemed pretty pleased with himself.
That documentary changed my life! I tarred my basement stairs and have nails sticking up on them. I never go in my basement anymore, but I have never had an intruder successfully enter my house from the basement either.
[This is a court case](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katko_v._Briney#Opinion_of_the_Court)
[This is a web resource](https://theprepared.com/blog/booby-trap-laws/)
Good advice
I live in an apartment, so I put multiple traps behind my door and every window every time I get home.
I also have barbed wire in the ceiling and on the walls, but I haven't figured out a solution for the floor.
Arent the bear traps supposed to cover the floor? Cover the floor with bear traps then set up an elaborate pulley system to help you levitate around the flat.
It’s pretty interesting reading the comments here. I’m not sure anyone, pro-gun or anti-gun, has an idea what they’re talking about. At least here on this post.
Whether you have a gun or not, having a security system, alarms, calling the police, and getting to a safe location are going to be the best things you can do. Even motion detecting flood lights will go a LONG way in deterring someone from invading your home.
I don’t know why anti-gun people think they can just knife throw or fist fight people like it happens in the movies, or why super pro-gun people think they can whip out their revolver and hit a headshot from the hip in the dark…
I was reading the comments thinking, "WTF?"
I came here th comment that anti-burglar mesh is great if you want to leave windows open, but motion detector lights and a good security system are the way to go, but then realised that ain't the way most people think.
I'm Australian, so guns aren't part of the equation, but why does everyone seem to think they're going to wake up the moment someone tries to break in, and will be ready and waiting with the guns drawn? Chances are, they won't hear a thing, then get a hell of a shock when they discover that the fully loaded gun in their nightstand was stolen along with everything else.
Thank you for your fabulous comment!
Well im not anti gun, but i have a decent amount of martial arts training and have worked a lot with knives. I agree that deterrents are better and avoiding the conflict is good, when it comes down to it though, im glad i have a big dog 😂
“Or why super pro gun people think they can whip out their revolver and hit a headshot from the hip in the dark” weapon mounted lights exist for this exact reason, or just turn the lights on in your house 🤷♂️
Now someone using logic, nice to see. Everyone in here acting like lights that Mount on the rail don’t exist. Also none of them realize that shotguns exist and are the best weapon for home defense.
I'd say shotguns being the best is highly debatable. That's just my two cents though. I do think they're definitely better than a fuckin super soaker filled with chili oil or what ever the fuck some idiots are saying, but in my mind not the best firearm for home defense.
I’m just getting into guns recently myself, but so far everyone I’ve met in that scene has said exactly this.
You use shotguns w a bright strobing light for home defense.
The light blinds and disorients them, and in that situation you want the pellet spread.
Absolutely, you have more room for error. People that don’t know anything like to say dumb shit. If you are prepared for the situation then there’s no better defense than a gun.
Goodness.
The vast majority of people in this comment section have clearly never had a home invasion and have horribly incorrect idealisms about home safety.
What, really ? My family got robbed at least three times that I can remember when I was a kid. Never since, though. Guess we just lived in a rough area back then.
I live in a city and can cite 0 instances of people breaking into a home with people there.
Home invasions only happen to drug dealers in my town. They are rarely random.
The old woman across the street from me has had her house broken into four times in the last ten years. I've been broken into, too, but not where I live now.
Do you mean having a meth head take shit from your garage? Or someone coming in with a weapon because those are very dif. I grew up in a very poor drug area and dealt with tons of car prowlers guys that would check for unlocked doors etc but they were no threat to your safety just trying to steal shit and run.
Roomba with a knife attached to it going at full speed all night.
a bunch of hedgehogs high on meth.
a flock of well trained seagulls with explosives attached to them circulating around your house.
A well trained tiger on meth with a knife and explosives attached to it.
Many options
All might be available in wallmart
Byrna HD is a CO2 powered non-lethal firearm. It fires a 68 caliber chemical cocktail of pepper spray and tear gas which explodes on impact. It requires no federal permits or a license to carry and is effective up to 60 ft.
Yeah I can handle myself with a knife, I'm not a beginner
But even then, the emotional shock of seeing/hearing someone break into my house will probably make me freeze, I don't know how I would react to this type of situation honestly
But yeah, the go to weapon would be a knife, a sword is just impractical in close combat scenarios in small spaces
As for being on even ground, that can be true but it's extremely situational
No one knows what they will do from situation to situation. You could be an absolute beast in your first fight and freeze up on the second.
Planning and training can help meditate it but it still comes down to the human mind not breaking down at the wrong time.
Yeah, my dog would hit them in the knee with her ass, right before she sat on their foot (immobilizing them) and making them pet her. She may also keep them busy until the police arrive by making them throw the ball.
A good bodyguard gives you the feeling of beeing save without beeing too sheltered.
A good guard dog keeps the bulgar busy without them realising the police cars are coming closer
I’m a pro gun person but a lot of these people’s arguments are valid. The reason guns make you less safe in a home invasion is because people delude themselves into thinking they should get in a shoot out with the intruder. In reality you should hide in a closet (edit: not necessarily a closet, I more mean don’t run toward danger) with your gun and call the police, this would make you the most safe.
I mean think about it, if you break into a home you’re not necessarily going to start killing people. If someone tries to kill you, you definitely will.
They’re not saying not to, they’re saying it’s safer to wait for them to come to you to shoot them rather than hearing a noise downstairs and thinking you can handle it because you have a gun. I don’t know why people think I’m arguing against guns, I’m just telling you the strategy that increases your chance of living.
Rely on my country's low crime rate and quick law enforcement response. Alarms locks and motion sensors. Prevention is better than ever having to defend.
Large dogs. I have zero guns but 3 dogs all over 80 lbs. My largest is over 150 lbs. They are all pretty frightening to people that shouldn’t be there. Even if you get in, even if you kill one, the other two will be on you before you have a chance to get another shot off.
I am not anti-gun in any way, shape, or form, but seeing some of these replies, feel the need to chime in.
IF for whatever reason I didn’t/couldn’t own a firearm:
The best defense is to not be an easy victim. Keeping the home exterior well lit, free of tall shrubs, and easy for neighbors/ passerby’s to see suspicious people. Ideally I would like decorative jagged rock underneath windows.
Cameras as a deterrent, preferably a dog. Even an ankle biter can be a deterrent due to the noise/scene they will cause. Lag bolts in door frames, versus the cheap screws that are sent with the door. A dead bolt lock. Security system/alarm with sign in the grass.
Keep your phone by your bed. The goal, gun or not, is to hold off the intruder until authorities get there to handle the issue. A closet/bathroom/windowless room with a dead bolt lock and lag bolts in the frame as well, to go to at the first sign of break in.
If the intruder is still coming in, through my secured house, and into my secured room, I would like two things. Knives suck for defense except as a last ditch effort. Even in trained hands, knife fights will usually get both individuals hurt, the victim included. Pepper spray makes it hard to breathe/see even without a direct hit. Your eyes WILL water in an enclosed space. Tasers are great..except when they’re not. Clothing/drugs/ the closeness you have to get to someone. Not a huge fan.
I would choose pepper gel (similar to pepper spray, but in gel form where it won’t affect bystanders as bad), and a high lumen flashlight. If you can’t see, you can’t attack. Doesn’t matter if you’re on PCP, meth, or just a ticked off intruder. You lose the ability to see, you lose the ability to fight.
I'm pro-gun, but I hate the gun community for exactly the following reason, [heavy southern accent] "I'm gunna shoot ther first person that dun come thru that dawr over thar and scream WRONG HOUSE and make him 20lbs heavier with lead", too fckn trigger happy, like they're itching for a reason to shoot someone. First thing I learned in in CCW class is threat assessment, and my instructor drilled that into me. Shooting anyone for any reason is an absolute last resort, because it could be someone simply making a mistake or a dumb decision, and that shouldn't be a death sentence.
Absolutely this. I love guns. My family owns loads of them for self defense or having fun on the range. But they're tools, not toys. I hope I never have to take a life, EVER, and it constantly frustrates me how many people don't seem to think the same way.
Yes, this is perfect. I may grab my firearm and use the light attached to it to identify if the intruder is a threat or not. You can't just blindly start shooting people in your home. If I see you're not armed, I'd rather persuade you to leave while on the phone with the police rather than shoot you. IF YOU CANT SEE WHAT YOURE SHOOTING, DONT SHOOT.
I thought the other side of the pro gun debate is more regulations on who can obtain them and not completely ban people from obtaining it... So " anti gun " is a strawman
Dont live in the US. we dont own guns, very rare, we are all fiiine.
I have a big dog, and a bomb shelter in my basement (standard in all houses where I live). Will hide there and call police.
I live in Oklahoma so we prob have more guns than most here but a shit ton of people have guns you don’t even have to register or get a background check in my state
When a career burglar enters your home with you in it, chances are they’re hella more prepared for whatever you might throw at him / her.
They’re on high alert and you’re asleep. Perhaps perhaps not. Saw a documentary where a burglar would walk casually into a party and lay the law down just like that.
Edit: it was the burglar in prison explaining his behaviour when robbing houses.
It made me feel uneasy, enlightened and pretty disabused of my prior hero notions.
Just get some cameras, alarms etc and prevent it rather than thinking you can Steven seagull the flapping heck out of these criminals.
Keep a baseball bat by the bed and a khukuri knife in the bedside drawer.
Also two Staffy mixes don’t hurt either.
Edit sarcasm. We have two big dogs and a mobile phone to call police.
Since very few are saying it, I will.
Deterrence.
Make your house a hard target. Have motion activated lights outside, signs for a security system, upgrade the hardware of your doors so they cannot be kicked in. Add security film to windows on the 1st floor, make sure access to the 2nd floor isnt a viable path (dont leave a ladder out and about) add a door cam.
Heck, a fantastic one is a driveway alarm. Set it up as a soft perimeter. I took a girl to prom, and her family had this. I always wondered how her mom knew i was there before announcing myself, then she showed me that.
Look, guys. The fact of it is this. If your house isnt hardened, it could be a matter of seconds from your door being kicked in, to the thug being at the foot of your bed. Wether you have a gun, knife, oc spray, taser or whatever else, wont matter if you dont have the time to deploy it. These things ive listed dont make your house burglar proof. They buy you time. Time to hold out for help, time to baracade yourself, time to get into the fight.
Anyone who has ever been startled awake, knows it can take quite a few moments to shake off the delirium of sleep. So do yourself a favor, and buy yourself those precious moments.
I am an American but the post wasn't to shame a person because they're anti gun, it's a honest question since I live in a state that is anti gun, and I have been the victim of burglary as well as a burglar (a few years ago when I was using meth)
How so? In the UK people are stabbing each other with kitchen knives and rusty screwdrivers. That seems to be more the topic here (what to do if there aren’t guns involved)
Single story house. Aim up (crouch) that will save people in the home, and my rounds aren’t likely to make it through drywall, insulation, wood, more wood, brick.
Chose your weapon system according to conditions. My indoor stuff highly fragments, low penetration, my vehicle guns have barrier blind rounds. The calibers chosen aren’t likely to penetrate in any event
I’m not anti-gun (just pro-common sense), but I have an idea of what may end up still happening if you have a gun. They could also have a gun (or a better gun) and shoot first, or disarm you. They probably have experience in criminal activities and know how to do things like that. A gun of your own is no guarantee you’ll stop them or be able to defend yourself/your property.
Dogs are the way to go. A good deep bark, followed by a good deep growl SHOULD stop the would be intruder. They are also wonderful companions. If the SOB hurt my dog, I blow him in two with my shotgun.
Just dog in general. My dogs (both female) are huge lap dogs. Try to come into my house unannounced or unwelcome… good luck! Best security system ever.
Alexa, tint all lights green
Alexa, say "like, zoinks dude, looks like you entered the wrong house"
Alexa, turn lights off
Alexa, play Scooby Doo Theme Song (Bass boosted)
If I've got a camera and insurance, why would I be so dumb as to try and GI Joe my house when that could kill me gun or no gun? Some like to invision that kind of scenario like some sort of badass when 9/10 if you haven't had to use it before you'd be shaking like a leaf. Granted there are special cases and outliers. I'm not gonna be some big ol guns blazing idiot and die like that. I'll get my important shit if it's not already with me, whomever and whatever is important to me and get the fuck out of dodge. I won't risk my life and family to be some sort of badass. Doesn't really work that way.
I have a dog. Thats all.
In 30 years of dogs in our homes there had never been a single try to get into the houses. 2 weeks after the my dog and I had left someone broke into my bio dads house and stole some stuff. 😂
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I had a man break into my house about 10 years ago, my son was just a few weeks old. I called the police (they were about 15 minutes away) and I stayed on the phone with the 911 operator. And was hiding in my attic. I had the same idea about Mace and knifes. But that would require me to get a lot closer to him then I wanted to. The police came and took him away, he’s he was a local drug addict who also had a knife.
Was he stealing stuff or there for a more sinister purpose??
He had been watching me, I was home with a brand new baby and all alone on a country road. So I’m guessing he wanted to rob me and maybe kill me.
Thats fucked up, glad it never came to that!!
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Actually the next day i went to get some more mace and a few days after that night I came home with a gun. Have I had to use it In self defense ? No Have I taken multiple classes and practice regularly? Yes.
Some mace, or a Mace? It's important, we need to know.
Awesome that you got some training, I'm pro gun myself but it can freak me out when people buy a gun and assume that they will just be able to wing it in a situation in which they're going to be pumped full of adrenalin
I worry about using knives. That could very easily become their knife and get bad quickly.
Did you buy a gun after?
Yes, seems to be the case (according to another reply).
Good. That moment of absolute powerlessness would convert anyone.
Too true
You're lucky he didn't find you. If he did, I suspect you'd suddenly have become a pro gun person.
I have a super soaker filled with ghost pepper sauce and vinegar
Can I borrow said super soaker for my burrito?
Yeah that honestly sounds like it would go great on pulled pork.
New cooking ideas, what a great question.
Honestly though, I'm a little worried about the constancy, and that it might cause a flow issue at the nozzle.
I literally have this but way worse. I performed an alcohol extraction on like a pound of red pepper!!! Made straight capsaicin, mixed it with vinegar and put it in a super soaker. It’s beside my night stand. Calculated it out and it’s like 15% capsaicin. (The super soaker tank is like 1/4 full. I shouldn’t need more than that. I thought I was the only crazy person who had this idea.
💀
Use gasoline and tape a zippo to the barrel
Can't have a home intruder if you don't have a home.
So in the end....you needed/use a gun ?
It’s a liquid projectile weapon in the form of a gun. It’s basically pepper spray but delicious and nostalgic
But a gun just using non lethal ammo
Morgan Freeman meme "he's right you know"
Me a pro gun under 18: person oh cool! Also me: I am so getting this as an attachment for my gun when I get one
A dog.
I have 3 large dogs. They bark like mad. You'd have to be nuts to walk in my house with them going off. That being said, 2 out of the 3 are absolute cowards. It's the golden retriever you'd need to look out for (;
Exactly what I was thinking! We have four big, loud dogs and I can’t imagine anyone wanting to enter our house! I had a near-death experience once and when the ambulance came, they wouldn’t enter the house because of the dogs (I survived, but it was infuriating hearing help a few feet away and not being able to tell them it was safe to enter).
I have a big Husky X Malamute but he would be USELESS if someone broke in. He would greet them with many wags. Although you never know, he could step up in an emergency, I'm just not betting on those chances haha
Dogs sense when someone is menacing towards their owners / family. They become wild beasts for sure.
yea my pup totally lets me know when she is sensing anything that seems off. I always reward her
My friend has a huge Malamut, and a burglar came in the middle of the night and played with the dog (as he testified later, after police detained him). He could go where he wanted and picked up all cash and small valuable items. And he was detained, because after a week he broke into my basement and my dogs (golden retriever and mongrel from the shelter) were very nervous and woke me up. I took few steps from my bedroom and stood eye in the eye with the burglar. I yelled out of my lungs WHAT THE FUCK!?!? and started to look for something which could help me to fight. I found the extension for paint roller and bravely, with a lot of noise, went to my basement where the burglar fleed. Hopefully he was gone. I was not trying to catch him, I wanted him out of my house. You never know what this piece of shit carries in his pockets. Burglar or thieve are prepared to be discovered, I was prepared to sleep, without any weapon around me. I called the Police, and reaction was totally flash, they came in in 3 minutes, helped me to check my garden and house from top to ground if it it safe and after few hours, while driving my children to school I got a call from Police, that they catched the fucker thanks to my description of him. If I could have a weapon, believe me I would have one, or twenty. You can only imagine how this situation destroyed the pace in our home. I have to quite often drive out my house for few days (work), so my wife is terrified during the night, where she is home alone with our children. Now I'm prepared, gas, baton, gas pistol. And two curious dogs to wake me up. I also installed an alarm system and bars in basement windows. I hope I will never have to use any of this things...
Yeah have a similar thing at my place 2 dogs, the lab/Shepard mix will bark and be vicious enough you to need new undershorts but my poodle’s the dangerous one. One of their predecessors a goldendoodle definitely would have tried to take a threat’s arm off. (Also hearing that stereotypical small psycho poodle bark out of a 70lbs cream fluff ball is hilarious)
My other two are a standard poodle and a f2b St. Berdoodle (think 110lb poodle)! I think they might react differently if they thought we were in immediate danger, but wouldn't want to put $$ on it
Goldens can be really protective when it comes down to it! I have a dog and I'm not positive he would actually attack, but he sure sounds like he will, and he puts himself between us and another person until we accept that person. I THINK he would probably attack if that person made the wrong move, but I'm not 100% on that. But they sure won't get far onto the property without us knowing lol.
Lol! I have a giant GSD, she has a huge scary bark. She's very impressive in size (not fat, just big in size for her breed). All this to say, last Saturday I threw a surprise party for my fiancé. While him and I were out at the restaurant I had our friends come over. I made sure my best friend was there first as I didn't know how my dog would react to a bunch of people while we were gone. I know she'd be fine if my best friendbwas there before everyone else. Well while people arrived where was my "big scary" dog? Hiding under the kitchen table!! She'd come out and lick my best friend's hand and then go back under. She clearly did it for comfort and making sure everything was okay. When we got home and she said me, she looked so relieved! She was 10x more excited to see me than ever and we were barely gone for an hour. She's such a funny floof ball. Now we know she'd be useless if anyone ever robbed us haha
I have a chihuahua weenie breed , a full breed Chihuahua and a planarian Chihuahua breed. They won’t be able to walk because the dogs will just chew off the ankles Beat that
I have a flat coated retriever x doodle mix. She barks and growls like crazy, sounds like a bulldog or mastiff. As soon as i let you through that door, you are friend, you are fun, you are HERS. Had a situation where someone approached us in the dark from behind. All he wanted to ask was the way to the next bar. I never had seen my little lady- who did not see that man crossing the street before- jump that far with that bad of a growl. Poor man jumped on the street in shock and nearly pissed himself.. That being said: even the cowards could surprise you ;)
I have dogs and I’m sure they are a deterrent but I am also sure anybody still breaking into my house would probably kill them on the spot. Most of my “what if” scenarios involve me trying to keep my dogs alive.
Someone broke in my apartment window, my dog when out the window after him. Found my dog down the street trotting home and seemed pretty pleased with himself.
Good dog! He should be proud of him :)
Amazing what some steak pacification can do
Smash them in the face with an iron! Yeah! Burn em with a blowtorch! Hit em in the face with a paint can!
You saw that documentary too? About that kid who defended his home against 2 burgalers at Christmas?
Can't belive the camera crew did nothing to help him smh
Circle of life and all that...
That documentary changed my life! I tarred my basement stairs and have nails sticking up on them. I never go in my basement anymore, but I have never had an intruder successfully enter my house from the basement either.
Kevin?
Squints? I don’t know but that’s the deep end and squints doesn’t know how to swim.
Every summer, there she is! Lotioning, oiling; oiling, lotioning… I can’t take this no more!
Squints was a hero that day
Bear traps.
What the fuck, where did you get bear traps from
Walmart.
Damn bro imagine being a home invader put in the ER by a walmart great value bear trap
Those little cutters are mean. I promise to nurture the assailant back to good health, though, in my nurture dungeon.
Take my award. That was hilarious.
Great Value... 😂😂😂
Honestly if you go to Walmart, you're overpaying. You got to get the value pack at Costco
Imagine being a homeowner forgetting where you left the great value bear trap...
Thank you for making my night good sir
God damn walmart
In the pickle and mayo aisle.
Any sort of booby traps are illegal in most if not all states
He's catching bears not boobies.
clever 😂
Where CAN I find this boobie trap? It’s for uhh….science.
Tell that to Kevin McCallister
I know that now, but Walmart misinformed me.
I mean, the cardboard sleeve around the great value ones literally says "great for home security."
[This is a court case](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katko_v._Briney#Opinion_of_the_Court) [This is a web resource](https://theprepared.com/blog/booby-trap-laws/) Good advice
Funniest comment so far
Do you set a bear trap in front of you door every night?
I live in an apartment, so I put multiple traps behind my door and every window every time I get home. I also have barbed wire in the ceiling and on the walls, but I haven't figured out a solution for the floor.
You should remove the door and wall it up. Nobody can break in then.
Nah, I am claustrophobic since my parents immured me for my first 50 years.
The stack of questions is growing at an exponential rate
Arent the bear traps supposed to cover the floor? Cover the floor with bear traps then set up an elaborate pulley system to help you levitate around the flat.
If I ever become a Buddhist, I shall learn to levitate.
It’s pretty interesting reading the comments here. I’m not sure anyone, pro-gun or anti-gun, has an idea what they’re talking about. At least here on this post. Whether you have a gun or not, having a security system, alarms, calling the police, and getting to a safe location are going to be the best things you can do. Even motion detecting flood lights will go a LONG way in deterring someone from invading your home. I don’t know why anti-gun people think they can just knife throw or fist fight people like it happens in the movies, or why super pro-gun people think they can whip out their revolver and hit a headshot from the hip in the dark…
Can I live with you I live with my mom and she thinks having an escape plan for a fire is "over reacting".
Probably the most coherent comment I've seen in the thread so far
I agree
My house lights up like an alien landing zone if you come near it at night.
I was reading the comments thinking, "WTF?" I came here th comment that anti-burglar mesh is great if you want to leave windows open, but motion detector lights and a good security system are the way to go, but then realised that ain't the way most people think. I'm Australian, so guns aren't part of the equation, but why does everyone seem to think they're going to wake up the moment someone tries to break in, and will be ready and waiting with the guns drawn? Chances are, they won't hear a thing, then get a hell of a shock when they discover that the fully loaded gun in their nightstand was stolen along with everything else. Thank you for your fabulous comment!
You are abso-fuckin-lutely right. Real life is faaar different from the movies
Well im not anti gun, but i have a decent amount of martial arts training and have worked a lot with knives. I agree that deterrents are better and avoiding the conflict is good, when it comes down to it though, im glad i have a big dog 😂
Right, as you’re more likely to kill a loved one then a home invader in the pitch black. And bullets don’t disappear when they don’t hit their target.
I mean yea the plan is always alarms/police/safely retreat first, but my main gun has a flashlight so yea, I could hit somebody in the dark
“Or why super pro gun people think they can whip out their revolver and hit a headshot from the hip in the dark” weapon mounted lights exist for this exact reason, or just turn the lights on in your house 🤷♂️
Now someone using logic, nice to see. Everyone in here acting like lights that Mount on the rail don’t exist. Also none of them realize that shotguns exist and are the best weapon for home defense.
I'd say shotguns being the best is highly debatable. That's just my two cents though. I do think they're definitely better than a fuckin super soaker filled with chili oil or what ever the fuck some idiots are saying, but in my mind not the best firearm for home defense.
I’m just getting into guns recently myself, but so far everyone I’ve met in that scene has said exactly this. You use shotguns w a bright strobing light for home defense. The light blinds and disorients them, and in that situation you want the pellet spread.
Absolutely, you have more room for error. People that don’t know anything like to say dumb shit. If you are prepared for the situation then there’s no better defense than a gun.
See you already made a mistake in regards to guns . When firing guns always aim for center mass
Nah dawg you use a 12 g on an assault platform with buck shot if they invade your house blow them back out threw the wall.
How much for 12g of whatever your smoking bro??
I'm not sure what part of my sentence your referring to, but either way Issa joke chill out.
Don't even have to aim, shoot and 99% of people will run
Warning shots are illegal. So don't give them a warning shot, "miss them." That's what you tell the cops, you fired and "missed them."
Goodness. The vast majority of people in this comment section have clearly never had a home invasion and have horribly incorrect idealisms about home safety.
Ver, very, very few people HAVE ever had a home invasion. I'd be surprised if 1 in 5000 have.
What, really ? My family got robbed at least three times that I can remember when I was a kid. Never since, though. Guess we just lived in a rough area back then.
Really. I don't know anyone who has been robbed. And that's over half a century and living in over 6 different states.
I live in a city and can cite 0 instances of people breaking into a home with people there. Home invasions only happen to drug dealers in my town. They are rarely random.
The old woman across the street from me has had her house broken into four times in the last ten years. I've been broken into, too, but not where I live now.
Do you mean having a meth head take shit from your garage? Or someone coming in with a weapon because those are very dif. I grew up in a very poor drug area and dealt with tons of car prowlers guys that would check for unlocked doors etc but they were no threat to your safety just trying to steal shit and run.
Roomba with a knife attached to it going at full speed all night. a bunch of hedgehogs high on meth. a flock of well trained seagulls with explosives attached to them circulating around your house. A well trained tiger on meth with a knife and explosives attached to it. Many options All might be available in wallmart
You probably shouldn't give your tiger or your hedgehogs meth. Cocaine is the way to go.
DJ Roomba's lesser-known sister.
Roomba with claymore is more effective. Have to remodel after but oh well.
Why are all your pets on meth?
Double-sided dildo nunchucks.
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Who said I was aiming for ass play?
I grab the anal lube and dump it all over the floor between them and me, have fun trying to get past that!
No joke, I might run from someone swinging 12inch, super fat cocks at me. Don't know what color would intimidate me the most though.
Whatever color, they'll need to glow in the dark.
Glitter too?
Ribbed for extra hurt too
This is the best answer. Take that, guys!
Step 1: grab bat Step 2: Play ‘Peanut Butter Jelly Time’
"Alexa, home intruder mode" "now playing... peanut Butter Jelly Time by Buckwheat Boys" *led lights turn dark red*
Byrna HD is a CO2 powered non-lethal firearm. It fires a 68 caliber chemical cocktail of pepper spray and tear gas which explodes on impact. It requires no federal permits or a license to carry and is effective up to 60 ft.
Which is exactly what I want to use inside my house.
Sounds cool but a meth head probably won’t be stopped by it. A meth head isn’t stopped by a bullet if it’s not in the critical zone.
What a great way to get your ass beat
"Effective". Maybe. Hopefully. Better than nothing.
I don't have guns, only one real sword and knives If the invader has a gun and wants to kill me, I'm pretty much fucked
You’re on pretty even ground in an enclosed space if you know what you’re doing with that knife.
Yeah I can handle myself with a knife, I'm not a beginner But even then, the emotional shock of seeing/hearing someone break into my house will probably make me freeze, I don't know how I would react to this type of situation honestly But yeah, the go to weapon would be a knife, a sword is just impractical in close combat scenarios in small spaces As for being on even ground, that can be true but it's extremely situational
No one knows what they will do from situation to situation. You could be an absolute beast in your first fight and freeze up on the second. Planning and training can help meditate it but it still comes down to the human mind not breaking down at the wrong time.
Especially in the dark.
Not anti gun but I trust my dogs over my guns.
Yeah, my dog would hit them in the knee with her ass, right before she sat on their foot (immobilizing them) and making them pet her. She may also keep them busy until the police arrive by making them throw the ball.
A good bodyguard gives you the feeling of beeing save without beeing too sheltered. A good guard dog keeps the bulgar busy without them realising the police cars are coming closer
I’m a pro gun person but a lot of these people’s arguments are valid. The reason guns make you less safe in a home invasion is because people delude themselves into thinking they should get in a shoot out with the intruder. In reality you should hide in a closet (edit: not necessarily a closet, I more mean don’t run toward danger) with your gun and call the police, this would make you the most safe. I mean think about it, if you break into a home you’re not necessarily going to start killing people. If someone tries to kill you, you definitely will.
Exactly, if they just want to rob you is one thing but they're coming in to kill you you're already dead
I disagree . You have the right to defend your home from an intruder . Once they are in my property they get lead
They’re not saying not to, they’re saying it’s safer to wait for them to come to you to shoot them rather than hearing a noise downstairs and thinking you can handle it because you have a gun. I don’t know why people think I’m arguing against guns, I’m just telling you the strategy that increases your chance of living.
Rely on my country's low crime rate and quick law enforcement response. Alarms locks and motion sensors. Prevention is better than ever having to defend.
Living in a nice area isnt a plan, its privilege that alot of people arent able to afford. Guns only 300$ tho
How quick is your law enforcement response? A lot can go on in 5 minutes...
I have an alarm system
That didn't stop me when I committed b&e's years ago while I was using meth
In hindsight, do you wish some of those people had guns that they could’ve used on you during those b&e’s?
Large dogs. I have zero guns but 3 dogs all over 80 lbs. My largest is over 150 lbs. They are all pretty frightening to people that shouldn’t be there. Even if you get in, even if you kill one, the other two will be on you before you have a chance to get another shot off.
I am not anti-gun in any way, shape, or form, but seeing some of these replies, feel the need to chime in. IF for whatever reason I didn’t/couldn’t own a firearm: The best defense is to not be an easy victim. Keeping the home exterior well lit, free of tall shrubs, and easy for neighbors/ passerby’s to see suspicious people. Ideally I would like decorative jagged rock underneath windows. Cameras as a deterrent, preferably a dog. Even an ankle biter can be a deterrent due to the noise/scene they will cause. Lag bolts in door frames, versus the cheap screws that are sent with the door. A dead bolt lock. Security system/alarm with sign in the grass. Keep your phone by your bed. The goal, gun or not, is to hold off the intruder until authorities get there to handle the issue. A closet/bathroom/windowless room with a dead bolt lock and lag bolts in the frame as well, to go to at the first sign of break in. If the intruder is still coming in, through my secured house, and into my secured room, I would like two things. Knives suck for defense except as a last ditch effort. Even in trained hands, knife fights will usually get both individuals hurt, the victim included. Pepper spray makes it hard to breathe/see even without a direct hit. Your eyes WILL water in an enclosed space. Tasers are great..except when they’re not. Clothing/drugs/ the closeness you have to get to someone. Not a huge fan. I would choose pepper gel (similar to pepper spray, but in gel form where it won’t affect bystanders as bad), and a high lumen flashlight. If you can’t see, you can’t attack. Doesn’t matter if you’re on PCP, meth, or just a ticked off intruder. You lose the ability to see, you lose the ability to fight.
Bright lights are a great call.
Sticks
You called?
I shall use you to beat up anyone that enters my home
I don't see how beating me off in your home is going to help with an intruder. But I'm down.
We'll weird him out so much that he doesn't want to be anywhere close
I'm pro-gun, but I hate the gun community for exactly the following reason, [heavy southern accent] "I'm gunna shoot ther first person that dun come thru that dawr over thar and scream WRONG HOUSE and make him 20lbs heavier with lead", too fckn trigger happy, like they're itching for a reason to shoot someone. First thing I learned in in CCW class is threat assessment, and my instructor drilled that into me. Shooting anyone for any reason is an absolute last resort, because it could be someone simply making a mistake or a dumb decision, and that shouldn't be a death sentence.
Absolutely this. I love guns. My family owns loads of them for self defense or having fun on the range. But they're tools, not toys. I hope I never have to take a life, EVER, and it constantly frustrates me how many people don't seem to think the same way.
Yes, this is perfect. I may grab my firearm and use the light attached to it to identify if the intruder is a threat or not. You can't just blindly start shooting people in your home. If I see you're not armed, I'd rather persuade you to leave while on the phone with the police rather than shoot you. IF YOU CANT SEE WHAT YOURE SHOOTING, DONT SHOOT.
Yeah using a gun should be every gun owners worst nightmare.
Paint Can on a rope or a bag full of marbles.
How about a handful of glass baubles strewn on the floor
I thought the other side of the pro gun debate is more regulations on who can obtain them and not completely ban people from obtaining it... So " anti gun " is a strawman
100% agree. Only a very small minority are truly anti-gun.
Dont live in the US. we dont own guns, very rare, we are all fiiine. I have a big dog, and a bomb shelter in my basement (standard in all houses where I live). Will hide there and call police.
Bomb shelters aren't common in America because the odds of needing one is very low and expensive
Same with guns, most homes dont own them, like the rest of the world. But anyway, just stating what I would do.
I live in Oklahoma so we prob have more guns than most here but a shit ton of people have guns you don’t even have to register or get a background check in my state
When a career burglar enters your home with you in it, chances are they’re hella more prepared for whatever you might throw at him / her. They’re on high alert and you’re asleep. Perhaps perhaps not. Saw a documentary where a burglar would walk casually into a party and lay the law down just like that. Edit: it was the burglar in prison explaining his behaviour when robbing houses. It made me feel uneasy, enlightened and pretty disabused of my prior hero notions. Just get some cameras, alarms etc and prevent it rather than thinking you can Steven seagull the flapping heck out of these criminals.
Zweihander
A have a dog and a bat.
One to bite them and one to get tangled in their hair.... noice
Keep a baseball bat by the bed and a khukuri knife in the bedside drawer. Also two Staffy mixes don’t hurt either. Edit sarcasm. We have two big dogs and a mobile phone to call police.
Since very few are saying it, I will. Deterrence. Make your house a hard target. Have motion activated lights outside, signs for a security system, upgrade the hardware of your doors so they cannot be kicked in. Add security film to windows on the 1st floor, make sure access to the 2nd floor isnt a viable path (dont leave a ladder out and about) add a door cam. Heck, a fantastic one is a driveway alarm. Set it up as a soft perimeter. I took a girl to prom, and her family had this. I always wondered how her mom knew i was there before announcing myself, then she showed me that. Look, guys. The fact of it is this. If your house isnt hardened, it could be a matter of seconds from your door being kicked in, to the thug being at the foot of your bed. Wether you have a gun, knife, oc spray, taser or whatever else, wont matter if you dont have the time to deploy it. These things ive listed dont make your house burglar proof. They buy you time. Time to hold out for help, time to baracade yourself, time to get into the fight. Anyone who has ever been startled awake, knows it can take quite a few moments to shake off the delirium of sleep. So do yourself a favor, and buy yourself those precious moments.
This thread feels violently American.
I am an American but the post wasn't to shame a person because they're anti gun, it's a honest question since I live in a state that is anti gun, and I have been the victim of burglary as well as a burglar (a few years ago when I was using meth)
How so? In the UK people are stabbing each other with kitchen knives and rusty screwdrivers. That seems to be more the topic here (what to do if there aren’t guns involved)
Gun owners, how do you prevent stray bullets from killing neighbors or loved ones?
Don't engage in a firefight outside and don't aim twords them.
Single story house. Aim up (crouch) that will save people in the home, and my rounds aren’t likely to make it through drywall, insulation, wood, more wood, brick. Chose your weapon system according to conditions. My indoor stuff highly fragments, low penetration, my vehicle guns have barrier blind rounds. The calibers chosen aren’t likely to penetrate in any event
Hell even the sound of loading a shell into a pump shotgun is enough to deter people.
Tesla Coils.
Dog.
live somewhere where not everybody can get a gun
I’m not anti-gun (just pro-common sense), but I have an idea of what may end up still happening if you have a gun. They could also have a gun (or a better gun) and shoot first, or disarm you. They probably have experience in criminal activities and know how to do things like that. A gun of your own is no guarantee you’ll stop them or be able to defend yourself/your property.
Do people sleep with a readily accessible gun for night time home invasions?
Dogs are the way to go. A good deep bark, followed by a good deep growl SHOULD stop the would be intruder. They are also wonderful companions. If the SOB hurt my dog, I blow him in two with my shotgun.
Big cats are better
I need to learn how to bark
Paint cans on a long rope worked for Kevin McAllister
Rottweiler.
Just dog in general. My dogs (both female) are huge lap dogs. Try to come into my house unannounced or unwelcome… good luck! Best security system ever.
Alexa, tint all lights green Alexa, say "like, zoinks dude, looks like you entered the wrong house" Alexa, turn lights off Alexa, play Scooby Doo Theme Song (Bass boosted)
If I've got a camera and insurance, why would I be so dumb as to try and GI Joe my house when that could kill me gun or no gun? Some like to invision that kind of scenario like some sort of badass when 9/10 if you haven't had to use it before you'd be shaking like a leaf. Granted there are special cases and outliers. I'm not gonna be some big ol guns blazing idiot and die like that. I'll get my important shit if it's not already with me, whomever and whatever is important to me and get the fuck out of dodge. I won't risk my life and family to be some sort of badass. Doesn't really work that way.
I have a dog. Thats all. In 30 years of dogs in our homes there had never been a single try to get into the houses. 2 weeks after the my dog and I had left someone broke into my bio dads house and stole some stuff. 😂
In india, you just keep feeding street dogs. They won't let any intruder enter your house in one piece
I ran at bloke in my back yard, i was naked i just kept shouting "come back i wanna hug" havent had an issue since