Home Defense Options.

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Guids,

I am thoroughly impressed!

[Low Limit Loser]

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Dog.

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I agree.

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Word, OP, please address this option. 7 or 9 year olds are old enough to be around a dog, plus they probably want one anyway. Everyone wins!

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I have 2 dogs. Both useless. One is Keishond and Sheppard mix. Once is Dobie/Retriever mix. Neither would bite a muffin. I once had a friend of mine blow into town unexpectly and let himself in through the patio door that was unlocked (once again, I am careless). I came home to find said friend on my couch eating my chips with one of the dogs sleeping on the couch next to him. I asked, "Did the dogs do ANYTHING". The sheppard apparently rolled onto her back. This guy hadn't been to my house since i got these dogs. He was a stranger to them. No Rin Tin Tins in this bunch.

LLL

[Alobar]

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patio door that was unlocked (once again, I am careless).

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again, instead of looking for a way to get yourself in a confrontational situation with a robber, how about you take actual security measures so said situation never happens. Buy a taser and keep it in your drawer if that makes you feel better, but if thats all you do then you are stupid (sorry for the harshness, but its true).

Make your home more secure, there are like a billion ways to do this. Hire someone to give your house a security inspection and show you what you can do to make your home safer for you and your family. This will buy you way more peace of mind and security than some weapon you dont even know how to use

[Peter666]

A taser is a good thing to use only against people who don't pose a lethal threat. Being one shot, with multiple attackers, you're screwed. Besides, you want to be able to hit at a reasonable distance if necessary. The shotgun people are right.

The paintball gun is a joke and will just increase the likelihood of getting you killed. And dogs are a big pain in the ass.

[Andrew Karpinski]

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Security cameras. Get an old pc, load linux on it, download a program called zoneminder, get a tv pc card for 20$, hook it up to the tv in your room, get a bunch of old webcams, or even some nicer cameras off of ebay/amazon, the linksys DCS-3000, has 2 way audio so you can talk to an inturder etc. Cost is under 400$ for everything depending on how many cameras you want, I have 3, one watching my downstairs door, one on the hallway, and one in the gangway to keep an eye on my apartment. i can even check in on things over the internet. Its also got motion detection and a way to hook up an alarm. Along with a shot gun with fingerprint trigger gaurd and a cellphonoe to call the police you should be pretty secure.

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Awesome post, once I get a place of my own I will probably set this up.

[NT!]

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Let em take what they want downstairs. If they come upstairs, I want to maximize my chance of keeping em on the bottom floor.


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I suggest yelling down the stairs: "All the valuable stuff is down there, dudes! Don't come up here and I won't call the cops!"

Then call the cops.

NT

[By-Tor]

Moat / draw bridge. Duh.

[JMa]

why not just surrender everything?

if somebody broke into my place, i'd call the cops and then just sit and wait for them. there is nothing i would defend with my life, except for another human being. i think the chances are slim to none that a burglar would try to harm you if you stayed out of their way.

[ddss6_99]

Double barrel shotgun. You don't even have to buy any bullets. Once they hear you cock that thing, they'll get the hell out of there asap

[guids]

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why not just surrender everything?

if somebody broke into my place, i'd call the cops and then just sit and wait for them. there is nothing i would defend with my life, except for another human being. i think the chances are slim to none that a burglar would try to harm you if you stayed out of their way.

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This could go in another thread, but this is one thing I really disagree with. A LOT if not everyone is going to call me stupid, but I get pissed when someon [censored] with something that I worked for, or that is mine. I dont care if it is an inanimate object or not, but I would defend my things, money, cars, jewelery, etc even as far as to kill someone who tried to take them. They are mine, I value my stuff over the life of some douchebag criminal. If I had a situation where someone was messing with my car, or in my apartment, I wouldnt hesitate to silently pull a trigger killing them.