Bought another home defense handgun

[doc540]

So, last Sat. night while my wife and I were out, our daughter hears the dogs going nuts downstairs.

As she looks down the stairwell, she sees the front door knob turning back and forth like someone is trying to get in the house at 11:30pm! She quickly calls friends nearby who rush over to the house.

Whoever it was goes away quickly and the dogs settle back down.

The wife discusses it with me and says, "You know, if you're gone and we're downstairs and someone breaks in, we'd have to get upstairs to the pistol to defend ourselves".

So, I've bought another pistol: Scandium Smith and Wesson .38 snub with a Crimson Trace laser sight. (I don't really like the lightweight snubs, but I can load it with low recoil hollowpoints and, of course, I got a deal on it.)

Within a couple of weeks we'll have it, they'll practice with it, and it will be stashed downstairs in a hidden, secure, but accessible place.

Gotta protect my girls and equip them to protect themselves.

 

[A-FIXER]

Makes sense I got'em on every floor in my home

 

[Auburn1992]

Time for ccw in the house possibly?

 

[doc540]

Note above: "if you're gone"

I'm here? I'm packin'

She probably won't carry all the time when at home. Just having one downstairs will work for now.

 

[Gamer]

Great idea Doc. I keep several guns hidden in various places around the house.

 

[jajwrigh]

It makes sense to have a few for different scenarios.

 

[AlaskaErik]

I just continue to carry my CCW pistol when I get home. It's always right on me and ready for immediate use. Makes it hard for you to forget to take it with you, too.

 

[cornman]

Good solution. Buy ANOTHER pistol...

How about another lock?

 

[crazy-mp]

Its best to run through multiple scenarios you might end up buying one or two more, or changing where you hide the guns in your house.

 

[Indifferent]

Makes sense I got'em on every floor in my home

How many floors do you have?

 

[wrs840]

I just continue to carry my CCW pistol when I get home.

That seems pretty logical. The daughter would likely benefit from the training to do the same. Hiding guns around the house seems like a less logical solution.

Les

 

[CWL]

Scandium Smith and Wesson .38 snub with a Crimson Trace laser sight.

For home defense? Scandium snubbie? How about something larger, heavier (absorbs recoil) and easier to control and with a bit more velocity? Crimson Trace grips are a good idea though.

Scandium snubbies are a compromise between weight/size & ease of carry, not something for regular practice which is what your family should do with HD guns. I'd hate to think that your family develops a 'flinch' because the scandium beats-up their hands to the point where they're afraid to shoot it.

How about a shotgun or full-size pistol, either revolver or semi-auto?

 

[searcher451]

You can never be too rich, nor too thin, nor have too many guns for home defense and/or self-protection.

 

[DAdams]

I

Have one in every room of my shotgun shack.

 

[skoro]

doc540 -

You have a good plan. It's always best to have access to a defensive weapon without having to go through the goblin(s) to get to it.

 

[Sam Boca]

I got one of those and it hurts like hell when you shoot it. Your hand absorbs all the recoil since there is virtually no weight in the frame. It's not a pleasant gun to shoot, even for a male. The only reason I got it was for concealed carry since it is so light, for a home defense revolver I use a stainless Ruger SP101. Much more pleasant to shoot and control due to the added weight.

 

[woad_yurt]

doc540:

If it's a leave-at-home gun, why did you get a gun that's kinda difficult to master? I'm a pretty good shot with a K or N-frame but those light, little ones are aren't fun.

A K-frame will let anyone in the family shoot heavy-hitter ammo comfortably, quickly and accurately. You know, what CWL said....

 

[DAVIDSDIVAD]

This sounds like a really good idea, but I agree with woad.
Something big and easy to shoot sounds better.


Personally, I carry inside most of the time( that is, if I've been carrying outside I won't bother to take off the gun when I get inside).

My mother would make fun of me when I would visit her house( called me Pancho Pantera, LOL) until one day when we were watching TV and heard a BOOOOOM coming from the garage. It sounded like someone was knocking in the door.

While everyone else was looking at each other, I was already armed and ready to defend our lives. Luckily, three German shepherds convinced whatever it was to find another place, FAST.

I told my mom, "THAT is why I carry inside the house" right after everyone cooled down.

 

[doc540]

From my initial post:

"(I don't really like the lightweight snubs, but I can load it with low recoil hollowpoints and, of course, I got a deal on it.)"

'splains it

Ok, I left out the part where I'm going to carry it sometimes.

 

[TxState101]

Shooting my dad's snub in .357 is unpleasant, like hitting the palm of your hand with a ball peen hammer.

.38? Not bad at all.

 

[jackstinson]

I keep one on each floor and my CCW pistol with me.
The kids are grown and gone, so it's just my wife and me at home.
I'm really not paranoid, but there has been a rise in home invasions lately.

 

[Mr. Bojangles]

Excellent idea! My wife has a shotgun behind the couch in the living room (we don't have kids.) It was her idea to put it there after a crazy person beat on our door at 4:00 AM.

 

[SP Shop Foreman]

How old is your daughter?

SP

 

[Macgille]

I don't carry, but there is a .22 in the couch cushions and a 12 ga under the bed. There is also a 230 lb male with an uneven disposition in the house.

 

[gmh1013]

I shoot one .38 in those S &W ultra airweights and my hand throbs for days
.....of course Im a old fart too with arthritis.