Your weapon of choice for your home defense?

[Friedmann]

I have a lock on my door. If they get past that they can take what they want, thats what insurance is for.

I'm not fearful of someone coming in to my apartment and attacking me, its inconceivable.

[jumpy]

Well, across the pond here in the UK and thanks not in small part to our great and infallible legal system which favours the victim over the criminal on every third Sunday of the month each leap year, my weapon of choice for home defence is, of course, my plucky English sense if indignation and vast respect for my fellow man. Perhaps the offer of a nice cup of tea and a chat would also help in a crisis situation of this sort; you know, 'before you clean the place out and leave my family for dead, do you take milk and sugar?' ....but not in the good china, than you very much.



I own a couple of air rifles, but there's not a chance I'd use 'em for beating off an intruder, not unless I want to get shares in Tampax and free accommodation with the nations finest Travelodge.

[Happy Times]

Originally Posted by jumpy

Well, across the pond here in the UK and thanks not in small part to our great and infallible legal system which favours the victim over the criminal on every third Sunday of the month each leap year, my weapon of choice for home defence is, of course, my plucky English sense if indignation and vast respect for my fellow man. Perhaps the offer of a nice cup of tea and a chat would also help in a crisis situation of this sort; you know, 'before you clean the place out and leave my family for dead, do you take milk and sugar?' ....but not in the good china, than you very much.



I own a couple of air rifles, but there's not a chance I'd use 'em for beating off an intruder, not unless I want to get shares in Tampax and free accommodation with the nations finest Travelodge.

You have to be carefull here also what you do to the intruder, if you dont want to go in jail. Atleast we can get guns, not just criminals and goverment. Though after the school shooting politicians have made populistic statements about gun ownership. Most likely they will atleast take guns away from under 18 yrs olds, pressed by EU.

[Torpedo Fodder]

I live in a very safe neighborhood so if I bought a gun it would be for recreation, not home defense. However, if I needed one for such purpose, my first choice would be a 12-gauge pump-action, probably a Mossberg 500/590 or a Remington 870, with an 18 inch barrel (the shortest legal barrel in Canada). A shotgun would be ideal because of the distintive, unmistakeable sound of the slide being pumped combined with it's imposing size, which may convince the perp to flee without you having to fire it. However if the perp is stupid enough to try and attack you instead of flee, you can be guaranteed that one shot will put him down.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Torpedo Fodder

...if I bought a gun it would be for recreation, not home defense. However, if I needed one for such purpose, my first choice would be a 12-gauge pump-action, probably a Mossberg 500/590 or a Remington 870, with an 18 inch barrel (the shortest legal barrel in Canada).

If you need one, it will be too late to talk about what your first choice would have been.

@ elite_hunter_sh3: The Garand is a poor choice, as is my '03 Springfield, the earlier bolt-action rifle firing the same round. Why? because that round will go through the intruder, through the wall, through the wall across the street and through the neighbor (or his daughter). The shotgun or the .45 would be the best choice: slow lead rounds that won't go much further than the target, and are unlikely to go through the walls when you miss.