Author Topic: Home defense without a gun. What would you do? (Read 17046 times)

daddy8ball · « **on:** December 28, 2012, 06:17:03 PM »

I know it's not in the cards, but all this gun ban talk has got me thinking.

Say the government confiscates and bans all weapons.

Aside from obtaining illegal assualt weapons (of which there will be a huge market), how can one feasibly protect their property from an intruder?

I think a home made flamethrower has merit. It would have to be well engineered.

Thoughts?

Ursus · « **Reply #1 on:** December 28, 2012, 06:18:58 PM »

Keeping your doors and windows locked means they will be less likely to break in

daddy8ball · « **Reply #2 on:** December 28, 2012, 06:20:09 PM »

Let's say they do break in. What do you reach for? I'm going with flamethrower.

gym**rat · « **Reply #3 on:** December 28, 2012, 06:21:03 PM »

Quote from: Ursus on December 28, 2012, 06:18:58 PM

Keeping your doors and windows locked means they will be less likely to break in

This can't be a serious response.

WOOO · « **Reply #4 on:** December 28, 2012, 06:21:22 PM »

my fav:

6-iron, wrapped with black electrical tape (to mask it in the dark)

light and lethal

Ursus · « **Reply #5 on:** December 28, 2012, 06:22:23 PM »

I would go for iron bar or baseball bat.

gym**rat · « **Reply #6 on:** December 28, 2012, 06:23:51 PM »

I would just throw my 9mm bullets at them. That should stop them.

Mr Nobody · « **Reply #7 on:** December 28, 2012, 06:24:37 PM »

A baseball bat.

WOOO · « **Reply #8 on:** December 28, 2012, 06:24:54 PM »

Quote from: gym**rat on December 28, 2012, 06:23:51 PM

I would just throw my 9mm bullets at them. That should stop them.

quadzilla456 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 28, 2012, 06:28:09 PM »

Knife with rusted edge. Or a dull spoon. Lots of plastic sheets in the basement lol! j/k

nasht5 · « **Reply #10 on:** December 28, 2012, 06:28:51 PM »

We do have have two shotguns in our bedroom and I have my .40, wife has her 38 but, since we're not talking about guns..... I have a bayonet and a bowie knife mounted behind the speaker on my side of the bed. out of sight even to visitors but quick access for me in the middle of the night. Wife likes her kitchen knife.

WOOO · « **Reply #11 on:** December 28, 2012, 06:29:27 PM »

fuck it...

i have 2 big vicious dogs...

that'll do it

RS · « **Reply #12 on:** December 28, 2012, 06:37:52 PM »

Seriously bros this is a great question. I say people should stop watching so much tv and pounding: so much junk food and take up a martial art or some sort of self defense. Once a person moves with the confidence they can defend themselves if needed everything changes. The bad guys pick different targets, the once target now not only is moving without fear, they now have the confidence and self realization to pursue their dreams that @ 1tine may have seemed to be out of their reach.

Yea bros its like that.

RS

WOOO · « **Reply #13 on:** December 28, 2012, 06:41:05 PM »

Quote from: RS on December 28, 2012, 06:37:52 PM

Seriously bros this is a great question. I say people should stop watching so much tv and pounding: so much junk food and take up a martial art or some sort of self defense. Once a person moves with the confidence they can defend themselves if needed everything changes. The bad guys pick different targets, the once target now not only is moving without fear, they now have the confidence and self realization to pursue their dreams that @ 1tine may have seemed to be out of their reach.

Yea bros its like that.

RS

you sound small

daddy8ball · « **Reply #14 on:** December 28, 2012, 06:46:07 PM »

Clarification:

Mass riot. Mobs moving from house to house. Raping. Wrecking. Burning.

You don't have your gun anymore. (But, the mobs don't either...)

What weapon do you reach for?

A knife?

Kilo Medic · « **Reply #15 on:** December 28, 2012, 06:46:23 PM »

Machete, or short steel rod.

Schnauzer · « **Reply #16 on:** December 28, 2012, 06:47:06 PM »

I would throw up a double rear bicep and watch then flee in terror

Coach is Back! · « **Reply #17 on:** December 28, 2012, 06:56:51 PM »

Wouldnt get rid of them even they asked. And if I was forced, I would go out and beat the shit out of the first left wing nut case I came across and thank them.

gym**rat · « **Reply #18 on:** December 28, 2012, 06:58:22 PM »

I have a tire buddy I would use on them. For those who don't know what a tire buddy is, it is a hard wood billy club with a band of steel wrapped around the last 3-4" of the end of it. Very effective.

Kilo Medic · « **Reply #19 on:** December 28, 2012, 06:59:57 PM »

Quote from: daddy8ball on December 28, 2012, 06:46:07 PM

Clarification:

Mass riot. Mobs moving from house to house. Raping. Wrecking. Burning.

You don't have your gun anymore. (But, the mobs don't either...)

What weapon do you reach for?

A knife?

Mass of people? Nothing better than explosives and fire for deterrence.

BIG DUB · « **Reply #20 on:** December 28, 2012, 07:02:06 PM »

RS · « **Reply #21 on:** December 28, 2012, 07:04:30 PM »

Quote from: WOOO on December 28, 2012, 06:41:05 PM

you sound small

thats funny cause i feel small also. But @least you heard me- that's a start. Now put down the video games and frosted flakes and get some training under your belt son. You will learn to rely on yourself instead of letting others run ur game.

RS

CARTEL · « **Reply #22 on:** December 28, 2012, 07:09:10 PM »

I'd throw some Pancrase slaps at these fools.

NeoSeminole · « **Reply #23 on:** December 28, 2012, 07:12:40 PM »

I own a SureFire E2D LED Defender

Max output of 200 lumens to blind an assailant. Has 2 strike bezels: one for smashing things and one for use as a kubotan. I've flashed it at myself and friends to test it's effectiveness. If I shined it in your eyes in the dark, you wouldn't be able to see for a few minutes. Also, the crenelated strike bezel is sharp enough to rip through flesh. It's much much sharper than it looks in the picture

woodman · « **Reply #24 on:** December 28, 2012, 07:21:35 PM »

Now as a retired NYPD LE I have plenty of tools( 3 9 mm Glocks + 2 .357 mag revolvers, 2 riot 12 gauge shotguns,-and 1 .223 bushmaster ) but have taught all my kids self defense and each kid( I have 5/2 living at home how to use a taser which is above the doorframe entering the house as well as knives/. + 2 crossbows downstairs that each kid can hit a bullseye wt 50 yards