Ernie Bass
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The OP is not about carrying a gun.
The essence is that one should not go looking for trouble.
How this thread turned into which firearm to use is beyond me. It has nothing to do with the OP not carrying a gun or which firearm to carry. The thread was Hijacked by the same poster,
The OP is about the needless confrontation toward the attacker. These confrontations which there are so many, result in bad consequences. A home owners goal is to prevent a confrontation, not get into one. I was in the industry of Electronic alarm systems for decades. Even designed Gates for communities.
There is a misconception about these gates. They are not meant to protect each individual home owner from Burglary, Invasion etc. In these type of communities you would typically find homeowners that would also get their Private Home Security system. They would take the same defense as other people that live outside of the gated communities.
But gated or non gated the point of the OP is to NOT engage a criminal when not necessary. And Avoid at all cost. I could go into a dozen ways a home alarm would have greatly aided the Home owner but that could go into pages.
The bottom line would have been to lock the house as tight as possible get into a safe room or at least the family into a safe room and call the police.
Leaving the fortress of the home is a BAD idea. To go into the Street to face a criminal is scary enough for a Trained Police Officer or Officers.
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