Home Defense Options.

[Alobar]

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Where do you live, what scenarios are you interested in defending against?

My ignant opinion is that the paintball gun is likely to get you shot.

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I live in Arizona, nice neighborhood. 2 story house.

Scenario:

2 am, family upstairs asleep and I am awakened to an odd sound downstairs. I get out of bed and fumble for anything that might serve as a weapon. The first is the cordless phone (err... too lightweight) The alarm clock is solid but plugged in. I go into the closet and find a broom with a wooden handle and a screw-in plastic brush part. I unscrew the brush and hope my awesome bowstaff skills get the notice of the gang member in my kitchen.

Reality, I want to be able to just find a safe spot at the top of the stairs and wait to nail someone coming up the stairs with a ranged weapon. Let em take what they want downstairs. If they come upstairs, I want to maximize my chance of keeping em on the bottom floor.

LLL

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heres an idea, instead of fumbling around for [censored] and waiting in ambush at the top of the stairs (horribly bad idea), how about you use that cordless phone to call 911, and announce to whoever is downstairs that youve called the police and they are on their way.

If you are this paranoid, get an alarm system. Anything else is just gunna get you into a situation you dont want to be in.

[jaydub]

alobar,

The police are only there to pick up the pieces.

J

[Low Limit Loser]

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If non-lethal was the only option, I would go with the Taser X26c.

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Tazer is probably the option. The questions though.

1) What if miss the first shot? Do I get another chance?

2) If I shoot one villain, can I also shoot a second one if he comes by?

[Alobar]

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alobar,

The police are only there to pick up the pieces.

J

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Its people like OP that give them plenty of pieces to pick up

[Low Limit Loser]

Alobar,

I'd have my wife call 911 but I still could have an exciting few minutes before they arrive.

LLL

[Sotiria]

Hide at the top of the stairs and surprise them with this:

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Dog.

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I agree.

[amplify]

A shotgun and getting over your squeamishness

[guids]

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.

[Tron]

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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!