Your "Go to home defense SHTF firearm!

[TFOGGER]

Keltec P11 on my person most of the time, 1911 with 230 gr SXTs in the nightstand with the Maglight, 870 with 8 rounds of 7 1/2s in the bedroom closet.

[68Charger]

I'm disappointed that nobody has stated the obvious (to me)

"just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're NOT out to get you"

and I'll just give my .02 worth on the birdshot- there is plenty of evidence out there that birdshot is not enough to stop an attacker- all you do is almost guarantee they have to visit a hospital.. #4 buckshot should be the MINIMUM if you're using a shotgun for defense... anything less will only be effective at VERY close range (when the shot is acting as one frangible slug), and you're still going to have to aim it (especially at that range)

there is no substitute for practice...

[DD977GM2]

I am hoping your just kidding about this.

Rem 870P with #6 birdshot. Birdshot does not penetrate 2 layers of drywall, as buckshot does, and is more than sufficient within the house. I've seen people shot with buckshot and leave the hospital that night after the doc removed the 9 pellets. I've also seen the mush that 142 pellets of birdshot will turn someone into. No aiming involved (although I love my 1911's) especially if I am woken up in the middle of the night and still sleepy (try waking up out of nowhere & aiming your pistol, without the added adrennaline). If things get worse from there, pistols and rifles are staged accordingly.

[Irving]

Also, before I get my gun out of the safe, I check for new threads in the Survival/Preparedness section in case there is something that pertains to my current situation.


On a serious note, how many of you guys practice clearing your house when no one is home? My ex-FBI buddy once told me that he would practice clearing by clearing his apartment when he came home from work.

Sometimes I clear my office after everyone else has left, but I don't like to do it because not all of the windows have covering and the lights are usually on and it's dark. That's just asking for the police to show up.

[Great-Kazoo]

[QUOTE=BuffCyclist;158204]Is everyone just paranoid? Or do you all live in bad neighborhoods? Or do you not trust your locks around the house? Perhaps it's just me, but I live alone and am not worried of someone breaking into my apartment. No kids either. I guess I could see having a firearm nearby in a bad neighborhood with no alarm system on the house and with a family living with me.



this is the menality of America when interviewed on TV after some random act of violence occurs in their neighborhood

"THIS IS A QUIET,NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU WOULDN'T THINK IT COULD HAPPEN HERE"!!???
It can happen anywhere, anytime, to anyone.

[SU405]

A slingshot and some rocks I found outside.

[BuffCyclist]

Is everyone just paranoid? Or do you all live in bad neighborhoods? Or do you not trust your locks around the house? Perhaps it's just me, but I live alone and am not worried of someone breaking into my apartment. No kids either. I guess I could see having a firearm nearby in a bad neighborhood with no alarm system on the house and with a family living with me.

this is the menality of America when interviewed on TV after some random act of violence occurs in their neighborhood

"THIS IS A QUIET,NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU WOULDN'T THINK IT COULD HAPPEN HERE"!!???
It can happen anywhere, anytime, to anyone.

True, although I feel barricaded in my apartment. Second story, corner unit. Balcony is a good 25 feet off the ground and nothing nearby to climb up. Front door has 2 deadbolts (one with a key outside, the other is about 2 feet away from the visible outside keyed deadbolt and is the "security" deadbolt).

I just feel that a majority of the firearms unlocked in a house are a little odd. Accessible is perfectly okay in my opinion. I just can't imagine anyone being woken up at 2am while sleeping to see a person at the foot of their bed, and have time to realize what is going on and reach for their shotgun, rifle or pistol, take aim and stop the perp.

Then again, I'd be more worried that the person in the room is someone I know. Either way, not knocking anyone's reasoning for having their place scattered with loaded guns, I just don't see the point at this juncture.

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[theGinsue]

On a serious note, how many of you guys practice clearing your house when no one is home? My ex-FBI buddy once told me that he would practice clearing by clearing his apartment when he came home from work.

While lots of folks have "fire drills" in their homes, we have "home invasion" drills". Different scenarios, different number of bad guys, different placement, etc..

Especially with the ecomomy doing so poorly, the number of home invasions in Colorado Springs (and elsewhere) have shown a serious increase. While I don't expect to ever have to use the skills we've worked on, I would rather have a plan and be prepared than to be caught completely off-guard.

[CareyH]

Rem 870P with #6 birdshot. Birdshot does not penetrate 2 layers of drywall, as buckshot does, and is more than sufficient within the house. I've seen people shot with buckshot and leave the hospital that night after the doc removed the 9 pellets. I've also seen the mush that 142 pellets of birdshot will turn someone into. No aiming involved (although I love my 1911's) especially if I am woken up in the middle of the night and still sleepy (try waking up out of nowhere & aiming your pistol, without the added adrennaline). If things get worse from there, pistols and rifles are staged accordingly.

I will stick with my 3in mags of copper plated buckshot thanks. if I hit someone with one of these and they go any where but the morgue they are a bad man.

speaking of paranoid... its 176yds to the stop sign on the east end of my block and 231yds to the west stop sign, and the johnson's house is exactly 100yds

[newracer]

I am always wearing my G26. G17 is in the safe on my dresser as is the G26 while I am sleeping. G22 and AR are in the big safe. All three pistols are loaded and have an extra mag next to them. AR mag is loaded but not one in the chamber.