If They Outlawed Firearms...

We've had many discussions about non-firearms weapons here in Non-Firearms Weapons for home defense and carry so there's no need to predicate the question of choice with "if they outlawed firearms".

A smart person relies on weapons as the last ditch defense and instead depends upon layers to make their property safer. The outer layer should be some clear barrier that forces an outsider to make a conscious effort to cross onto your property. A simple picket fence just high enough to prevent someone stepping over it will deter many casual opportunists. In countries with more serious crime rates the fences get taller or become walls. The fences become iron with pointy tops or the walls are topped with shards of glass. The area behind the fences are cleared and observable/monitored from the house and the house is set back far enough to take some few seconds or minutes to cross. The yard has a dog or dogs that make noise whenever someone enters the yard, but won't bark until someone starts to cross the fence/wall. No need for attack dogs. The windows on the ground floor are high enough that they can't be reached from the ground or can't be reached without getting entangled in some ornamental barrier (thorn bushes, pointy metal trellises with thorn covered vines) or the windows have attractive bars/grates over them that can't be opened from outside. The windows have effective locks and are resistant to breakage. The doors are fiberglass over steel or steel. There are motion detectors and lights that light the outside whenever someone approaches. The house is alarmed with a panic code that can be triggered from more than one location. There is at least 3 interior rooms with windows that have steel doors that lock automatically when closed and the walls are reinforced on each side of the door so BG's can't just kick through the dry wall to get into the locked room behind the steel door.

All this is ideal regardless of what weapons are allowed in the jurisdiction or not since the objective for the sane person is to keep danger at a distance and buy time to get into a safe position to confront it.

If you're interested in weapons you'd better further define the limits beyond "no firearms". Are electrical defensive weapons permitted? Chemical sprays? Can you carry any non-firearm weapon (excluding the fantasy of walking around with a sword)?

As far as weapons are concerned for home defense, we've had tons of threads on this as well. Various Taser products or chemical sprays are good. If denied those, short thrusting spear or short thrusting swords are great if you're going to train a little with them otherwise stick with baseball bats.

For EDC, the whole forum is full of suggestions. Cane takes top position for easily hidden in plane sight.

I started to delete the previous post, and then realized a potato gun might indeed be a potent less-lethal tool.

AO, Ohhhhhh. :banghead: