Home defense issue.

[DFBrews]

The house I have lived in for about 2 months now has a spiral stair case. My bedroom is downstairs and walking up it just now I realized it would be a bitch to swing the shottyaround and up. So I tried it. Mediocre at best. The stair case is pretty tight and surrounded by 3 walls and a ceiling most of the way up. I can not think of a good way to do it. Even with a hhandgun going up the stairs is pointed directly upwards until the very last moment
top view

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looking up

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full thing


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[Daniel_187]

Just set some Claymore's in and around the house and have an "arm" "dis-arm" key pad in the master bedroom

[Zundfolge]

Maybe mount a fireman's pole next to it ... if nothing else it'll be a lot of fun.

[hammer03]

Sounds like a good defensible position at least. You have escape windows?

[Adawg38]

Good defensive spot but for offensive get a couple flash bang grenades and then just run up or down the stairs to get the bg.

[DFBrews]

agreed it is quite good for defense but my roomate is up stairs and bought and taught her how to use a shotty but i have a much better chance of getting what needs done if it ever comes to that

[Zundfolge]

In all seriousness, if some baddies are in your house you don't go hunting for them, you hunker down in a defensible position and wait for the po-po.

At the bottom of that stair case with the shottie pointed up looks pretty doggone defensible to me. Maybe get her to make a bee-line for the stairs and come down there with you should things go pear shaped. Maybe make her remember a code word so that she's easier to identify in the dark.

[DFBrews]

In all seriousness, if some baddies are in your house you don't go hunting for them, you hunker down in a defensible position and wait for the po-po.

Best case yes some one breaks in she makes it down staris and the police come arrest the bad guys etc.

It is The whole Seconds vs. Minutes thing odds are it will not go down like that.

[rbeau30]

How about this?

[Colorado Osprey]

In all seriousness, if some baddies are in your house you don't go hunting for them, you hunker down in a defensible position and wait for the po-po.

That sounds like a great idea until you find out that you can actively be on the phone with C.Springs PD 911, with people in your house. You are hunkered down and after the show is over you may find out that the officer was on a priority call but wait time to arrive was still 20-30 minutes.

That is the average wait time for the police to arrive unless shots are fired.

I'm not telling you to fire shots at the bad guys. But 20-30 minutes will seem like years with people in your home and you are bunker-ed in...not to mention the bad guys will be long gone along with all your stuff.

You just need to be aware of this before you make a decision to hole up.