D.B. Cooper
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I'm in the planning stage of staging guns around my home for home defense. I live in a 2 story condo. The farthest I would ever have to shoot inside my home is 30 ft. Almost certainly, my attacker will be approaching down a hallway.
One of my top concerns is that the front door entryway is immediately adjacent to the bottom of the stairs that lead to the upper level. If I'm in my living room, and someone kicks my door in, I can't get to safety upstairs. So that's the scenario.
Am I better off staging a handgun or a shotgun downstairs? I can hide a handgun in the seat cushion of my couch, or I can stage a shotgun in a corner or in a nearby coat closet. The same question applies to upstairs, but upstairs, my attacker will most likely be between myself and our guest room/son's bedroom. Over penetration is a more relevant concern there.
A subordinate question is securing the guns themselves. They will be easy pickings for a daytime residential break-in. Additionally, if I leave a loaded gun downstairs, and I am upstairs, I have left a weapon for my attacker to use against me.
One of my top concerns is that the front door entryway is immediately adjacent to the bottom of the stairs that lead to the upper level. If I'm in my living room, and someone kicks my door in, I can't get to safety upstairs. So that's the scenario.
Am I better off staging a handgun or a shotgun downstairs? I can hide a handgun in the seat cushion of my couch, or I can stage a shotgun in a corner or in a nearby coat closet. The same question applies to upstairs, but upstairs, my attacker will most likely be between myself and our guest room/son's bedroom. Over penetration is a more relevant concern there.
A subordinate question is securing the guns themselves. They will be easy pickings for a daytime residential break-in. Additionally, if I leave a loaded gun downstairs, and I am upstairs, I have left a weapon for my attacker to use against me.