What home defense weapon do you prefer?

**EDIT: Assume the intruder has a pistol.**

Just curious. This is mine:

I have a bat.duxup

I have a Batman.

I'll never own a gun unless I move to an area that doesn't have a non-existent crime rate. I'll probably have a baseball bat around for playing baseball, though. Or I'll sneak into the kitchen and grab a big carving knife.Luncbox1

I'd feel a lot less safe with a gun in my house, personally. I have the odd cricket bat though.

[QUOTE="Luncbox1"]I'll never own a gun unless I move to an area that doesn't have a non-existent crime rate. I'll probably have a baseball bat around for playing baseball, though. Or I'll sneak into the kitchen and grab a big carving knife.Darth-Caedus

I'd feel a lot less safe with a gun in my house, personally. I have the odd cricket bat though.

_glatisant_

[QUOTE="_glatisant_"]

I'd feel a lot less safe with a gun in my house, personally. I have the odd cricket bat though.

Infinite-Zr0

They do in the UK... That's why they banned them. :lol:

I keep a bat under my bed and a sword in my closet.

[QUOTE="Luncbox1"]I'll never own a gun unless I move to an area that doesn't have a non-existent crime rate. I'll probably have a baseball bat around for playing baseball, though. Or I'll sneak into the kitchen and grab a big carving knife.Darth-Caedus

I'm going to 3rd this.

And that last option is pretty ridiculous.

that last option is pretty ridiculous.UnrighteousFury

How would you make it non-ridiculous?

I think everyone on gs knows you own that. I have lost count how many times you have posted it.

So what? The guy got a new gun, maybe his first and wants to share it. If mods feel that he's been posting it as much as you say he has, then they'll mod his posts

Good luck killing people you monster.

You say that like he's going to go out and look for people to kill.

And "prefering safety of criminals over your own ?"

I'll agree that, that's a stupid option

If criminals didnt have guns because of these laws i wouldnt have to worry.

You say that like they wouldn't have guns if we outlawed them.

Dr_Brocoli

[QUOTE="UnrighteousFury"]that last option is pretty ridiculous.luamhtrad

How would you make it non-ridiculous?

Eh, how about "Whatever I can find."

Three cops have been shot in my community in the last 4 years. Just last month, some man broke into an elderly couples house, tied them up, beat them, and then burnt their house down while they were in it.

I think a pistol-grip mossberg securtiy shotgun is in order folks.

[QUOTE="Dr_Brocoli"]

I think everyone on gs knows you own that. I have lost count how many times you have posted it.

So what? The guy got a new gun, maybe his first and wants to share it. If mods feel that he's been posting it as much as you say he has, then they'll mod his posts

Good luck killing people you monster.

You say that like he's going to go out and look for people to kill.

And "prefering safety of criminals over your own ?"

I'll agree that, that's a stupid option

If criminals didnt have guns because of these laws i wouldnt have to worry.

You say that like they wouldn't have guns if we outlawed them.

Infinite-Zr0

Clearyly Brocoli has alot to learn about the world.

[QUOTE="luamhtrad"]

[QUOTE="UnrighteousFury"]that last option is pretty ridiculous.UnrighteousFury

How would you make it non-ridiculous?

Eh, how about "Whatever I can find."

A preference of a home defense weapon infers premeditation. "Whatever I can find" is a last minute, "Oh ****" reaction. Hardly the same thing. The pacifist choice is my attempt at being politically correct on the world stage.

A preference of a home defense weapon infers premeditation. "Whatever I can find" is a last minute, "Oh ****" reaction. Hardly the same thing. The pacifist choice is my attempt at being politically correct on the world stage.

luamhtrad

Generalizations have never been politically correct.

[QUOTE="Darth-Caedus"][QUOTE="Luncbox1"]I'll never own a gun unless I move to an area that doesn't have a non-existent crime rate. I'll probably have a baseball bat around for playing baseball, though. Or I'll sneak into the kitchen and grab a big carving knife.Infinite-Zr0

[QUOTE="luamhtrad"]

A preference of a home defense weapon infers premeditation. "Whatever I can find" is a last minute, "Oh ****" reaction. Hardly the same thing. The pacifist choice is my attempt at being politically correct on the world stage.

UnrighteousFury

Generalizations have never been politically correct.

Tell that to the politicians... :|

Wait, why has this thread turned into a topic for Political Correctness? We all know being politically correct sucks...

/thread

[QUOTE="UnrighteousFury"]

[QUOTE="luamhtrad"]

A preference of a home defense weapon infers premeditation. "Whatever I can find" is a last minute, "Oh ****" reaction. Hardly the same thing. The pacifist choice is my attempt at being politically correct on the world stage.

luamhtrad

Generalizations have never been politically correct.

Tell that to the politicians... :|

Ah, I was under the impression that political correctness was the practice of saying statements so vague and unassuming that no one could possibly be offended by them, and not making statements containing such sweeping generalizations that people are bound to be offended by them.

Two dogs and a 410 gage shotgun. The dogs will let me know they are in the house and the 410 won't penetrate two layers of sheetrock but is absolutely lethal at the distances found within a house.

A couple of thoughts for you "guns are bad" folks:

Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than any of my guns.

Call a cop and call a pizza and see who shows up first. The intruders will have time to enjoy the pizza before the cops show up.

I mean no disrespect to the police, but in the U.S.A. the police are a reactionary force that shows up to clean up the mess and gather the evidence. The supreme court has ruled that no citizen can sue the police in this country for failing to protect them.

I pretty much own each item listed but for home defense I usually have the shotgun close at hand.

[QUOTE="luamhtrad"]

[QUOTE="UnrighteousFury"]

Generalizations have never been politically correct.

UnrighteousFury

Tell that to the politicians... :|

Ah, I was under the impression that political correctness was the practice of saying statements so vague and unassuming that no one could possibly be offended by them, and not making statements containing such sweeping generalizations that people are bound to be offended by them.

Oh well, I guess I failed then... 8)

dual wielded nail gun and hand saw

L.A. Streetsweeper every time.

Big kitchen knife.

[QUOTE="Infinite-Zr0"][QUOTE="Darth-Caedus"] Yeah.....agreed 100% Luncbox1

I don't live in a high crime area either, but that doesn't mean crime can't be perpetrated here. Same for you.

I like bats because you can feel their pain as you smack them.

If I had to pick a home defense weapon out of the weapons our family owns. I would pick my PS90, fairly small and easy to handle, and the bullet would not overpenetrate. My M1 Garand is too large and the bullet is too big, and while my FS2000 is fairly small, and easy to carry, the bullet is too powerful and would probably have overpenetration.

So the PS90 is the better home defense weapon (it is a "Personal Defense Weapon" anyways)

I own a shotgun, but my first line of defense is my canine brigade. Three dogs will do more to keep people out of your home than any firearm.

I own a shotgun, but my first line of defense is my canine brigade. Three dogs will do more to keep people out of your home than any firearm.sieg6529

QFT. I have four dogs. All of them are 60lbs. or bigger and they all bark as if human flesh is their favorite food. If that is not enough deterrant to a would be invader, I have an arsenal I will hand over one round at a time. ;)

I have a hockey stick at one door and a sword near my 1st floor balcony. :twisted:

I have a hockey stick at one door and a sword near my 1st floor balcony. :twisted:

nitsud_19

Shotgun for shock value, you here the distinctive noise of a shell being chambered and it makes you **** your pants. I have a collection of swords too (not replicas, used for MA and the like) but seriously it would take a lot of energy to do the kind of damage a shotgun does.

This thread makes me glad I am Australian

[QUOTE="sieg6529"]I own a shotgun, but my first line of defense is my canine brigade. Three dogs will do more to keep people out of your home than any firearm.luamhtrad

QFT. I have four dogs. All of them are 60lbs. or bigger and they all bark as if human flesh is their favorite food. If that is not enough deterrant to a would be invader, I have an arsenal I will hand over one round at a time. ;)

Wow, nice shotty, TC. Here are some of my weapons of choice. Probably not an assault rifle because of my neighbor's safety but still fun to look at.

pistols not picured : sig .45

rifles not pictured: PS-90. Look em' up if interested.