Home Defense Arsenal

[Dionysusigma]

Here in the dorms...

1) Armed security, actually somewhat trustworthy
2) Two sets of locked doors
3) 2nd floor room, stairs only accessible indoors
4) Thick concrete walls
5) Various knives hidden in various places, most are sharp
6) Cordless phone
7) A variety of exits (relatively confusing to an uninformed attacker)
8) And if all else fails, an ex-Marine roommate with a 4 D-cell Maglite and a KA-BAR

No firearms allowed on college capuses.
















But does WD-40 and a lighter work?

 

[jercamp45]

Hmmmmm.......

Alarm on doors and windows
Cell phone
three .45 auto's stashed here and there...one under pillow or on hip
lotsa mags
38 snubby in robe pocket
several flashlights, knives and impact devices
a grumpy disposition when awakened suddenly
lotsa training
nasty attitude
bandaid(to say I rendered first aid)
that's it at the moment
Jercamp45

 

[Jeff Timm]

The incisive Happy Bob said

Sorry, I don't have an arsenal.

Lets see, Mel Tappan called it a "personal battery." I forget who said it was a "Defensive Suite, Hunting Suite, Target Suite depending on purpose."

I usually call it "my collection."

Geoff
Who will have to consider his vocabulary.

 

[ruger fan 101]

A attack trained goldfish and a nerf ball bat. Have to be careful about the law suits!!! I with a lot of the other posts. 45 and 12ga. Hard to beat a shotgun!!!!

 

[Norton]

WD-40 and a lighter!! LMAO.....boy that brings back some memories! Many a hornets' nest met it's end as result of some well-placed poor man's napalm

 

[Mark Tyson]

A .45 and a shotgun seems to be the preferred combination here. Seems formidible enough to me for most situations.

 

[ojibweindian]

12 gauge

.38Spl

various rifles

Uses for the 12 and the .38 are obvious. The rifles are for rabid dogs and other pissed off beasties.

 

[Bigjake]

Big mean 11/87, best of both worlds! shotgun and an autoshucker at that! backing that up is a colt python .357

 

[Firefighter]

Winchester 1300 12 gauge....9mm Glock, fire extinguisher, cellular phone and a wife who sleeps very lightly

 

[rick314]

Here`s the entry alarm

 

[Baba Louie]

Early warning neighbor dog. Barks at anything on the street near his or our house from his fenced in front yard.
His "Stranger Approaching" barking sets off our five dogs; 3 Labs, 1 Rottie and 1 very old, deaf and mostly blind Viszla bird dog (he can still bark but it sounds like a braying donkey) at least four or five times a day. Once a night is a sure bet as well.
Early warning fleet of 3 caged Cockateils. Guranteed to start shrieking when someone enters house.
Two attack cats at foot of bed. They ought be good for something. Maybe if they were thrown at an intruder they'd latch aholt of something important. Probably not tho'.

Kinda remind you of the Bremen Musicians fable, neh?

If anyone gets through that alive...
One "Meaner than a Snake" G/F, followed by...
One Glock 26 with spare mag, flashlight and cell phone nearby.

I sleep well.

Adios

 

[Ukraine Train]

Luckily for me I live off campus so I can have guns. I keep a Mossberg 500 loaded with #1 buck 'cruiser ready' between my bed and wall, hunting knife on the other side. Keep my bedroom door locked at night, lights on in the hallway. The side of the house has a light that I keep on, also. After I turn 21 I'll have a handgun of some sort too.

I need a light to put on the shotgun but alas paying for tuition has left me near broke heh. I'm thinking about making a mount for my mini maglite in the machine shop, though, along with a switch on the end of a curly cord from a cell phone charger.

 

[jrhead75]

Win 1300 12ga w/mixed load of #4s & 00
Glock 30 .45
SAR-1 AK w/4 30 rounders ready to go
KBAR
Really ill-tempered wife
4 evil black assault cats, specially trained to make walking through a darkened house dang near impossible.

 

[CrudeGT]

Still need a few things, but as for now:

maverick88, loaded with 5 shots of stuff that really doesn't feel good when they hit, next to my bed

Ruger p89, 2 pre-ban clips, one with all hydrashoks, another with varying one hydrashok, 2 hollow point one hydrashok, etc...

Baseball bat next to bedroom door, cell phone, 2 pairs of police issue handcuffs.

And a multitude of little heavy things to throw at someone.

Ohh, and until I finish them, a case of full beer cans, those are normally reserved for after the event, but if i need something to throw, they're close by.

 

[Brian Dale]

The clairvoyant Jeff Timm referred to me as:

The incisive Happy Bob

Wow- how did you know that I have really sharp knives, axes, bayonets, a good cleaver and the like all over my house? You're right; I like sharp things. I hope I didn't annoy people with my word-geek tendencies, though.

Tady45, I haven't seen a response to your question

HUM... I see a lot of 12ga...I have been thinking on getting one, to add to my H&K45 and Mini 14. With so many, what is the best? If "best" is a good word...I want a shorter model, with the biggest capacity? Any ideas?

The "Big Four" pumps are all very popular, and the Remington 870 and Mossy 590 series seem to be particular favorites. My SGs are all Remington autoloaders, but I feel the need for an 870. My life seems somehow incomplete without one.

Reliability and fit matter the most, IMO; there are a lot of folks here who know a lot more about choosing a HD SG than I do. I wanted to at least let you know that your Q had been read. If you search on "Home Defense Shotgun" here at THR, you'll have plenty of questions answered.

In my earlier post, I neglected to mention my four-legged alarm system: Sam the Wonder Dog sleeps under the bed. The cats are useless, but he's very good.

Drag about "no firearms on campus," dionysusigma, but a lot of people around the world have learned (the very short, very hard way) that a Marine with a Ka-Bar is not a good target.

 

[Bainx]

Alarm system

G30

870

AK

Extremely loud guitar amplifier

 

[4v50 Gary]

Doors, locks, alarms, fleet feet and an arsenal of epithets. OK, there's a few guns and most of them are inexpensive. Use your cheapest since anything used will be confiscated.

 

[Moparmike]

At the moment, the only thing I have ammo for is the 12ga. I have ammo for the 8mm Mauser, but steel-cored 8mm Turkish moving @ 2600-2800fps is not a good BG stopper. It will put his car out of action if needbe though.

I also have the Beagle of Ultimate Cuteness. She can make people "coooo" and "awwww, wat a cooot beagawey poopy dawg....", holding them spell bound on command. She also has what is known as the Puppy Forceâ„¢ , which allows her to augment gravity (20lb dog is suddenly 100lbs...), convince guests to give her cheese (ala ObiWan's "These arent the droids you are looking for..."), and oddly enough opening the fridge without touching it. I kid you not, I have personally witnessed it at least 4 times, as well has other family members. She also has the "Baying of Ultimate Terrorâ„¢." Well, at least to the squirrels anyway. I think she could put these useful skills to use. It would be my luck though that she would give up some of the valueables for some good cheese or spam though.

On top of that, there is no place in the house that anyone can step without making a sound. I have tried the whole "Ninja" thing. Its impossible.

 

[Dorian]

firearms? aren't firearms guns? aren't guns bad?

 

[Langenator]

Remington 870 with 00 buck in the corner by the nightstand

Colt Delta Elite 10mm on my side, Kimber .45 on the wife's side

3-D cell Maglite, Mini-maglite too

Cordless (landline) phone + cell phone

Doors are all on the far end of the house. Potential bad thing, though, when the baby arrives-baby's room will be between me and any bad guy. But any bad guy will not want to be between the naked man with the shotgun and his kid.

Equipment wish list:

Surefire foregrip for the shotgun
Surefire light for the Kimber
Surefire light for my USP Tactical (on the grounds that 12+1 .45 is better than 8+1 10mm)

And once the baby arrives, the house will have strategically deployed toys throughout.

 

[CleverNickname]

Extremely loud guitar amplifier

Pre- or post-ban? Too bad if it's post-ban, because then it couldn't go to 11.

 

[lawcox]

Two story apartment, ground level windows on both floors, exit doors on both floors. At night in bedroom, second floor; 10mm Glock, 9mm Taurus, 20 gauge double barrel, flashlight, and duty belt equipment in closet if needed. Daytime, off duty, typically the 9mm Taurus is downstairs with me in the closet by the door, along with a pair of escrima sticks if I get desperate.

 

[chaim]

If they get past those, I fix the bayonet on my Mosin-Nagant and teach them about what makes the green grass grow.

Hmm, I'm thinking a weapon with a bayonet would scare someone enough to turn and run. If that doesn't do it by itself it might help to have the person holding it to be screaming the answers to the following questions until his eyes bulge out:

"What makes the grass grow"
"What makes the flowers grow"
and "What is the spirit of the bayonet"

The answers at Ft. Jackson in late '89 and early '90 were: "Blood, blood, blood makes the grass grow", "Guts, guts, guts make the flowers grow", and "To kill, to kill, to kill without mercy" screamed at the top of your lungs.


Seriously now, my "arsenal" is:
-several knives (3 defensive folders, an outdoor type folder and a bowie knife)
-a 3 D cell Maglite (blunt force weapon if needed)
-2 canisters of pepper spray
-one or two of several guns are loaded and ready (the Taurus 85 is almost always one of them, and often/usually on my person when in the house)
-an SKS, unloaded but with 10-20 loaded stripper clips nearby (for the totally unexpected).

Guns that are usually in the rotation:
-Colt Police Posititive Special in .38spl. It is reliable, reasonably accurate and it was cheap so if taken as evidence if used in a self defense shooting I won't be out much if it doesn't come back or if it gets messed up. This is used (due to not being much of a loss) about 80-90% of the time.
-S&W 65LS (usually loaded with +Ps). I love this gun.
-Charles Daly 1911
-CZ 75B
-very rarely my Bersa Thunder .380 is in the Taurus' place. It is a good gun, it is accurate, it is reliable, but I just like the snub better (wow, I never thought I would have said something like that- especially after my Taurus 605 which was too heavy and no fun to shoot).

I no longer use my S&W 586 or 19 for HD use. Good guns, but I'd hate to lose them if collected as evidence and then lost or broken (of course several of my guns that I use I'd hate to lose just as much- esp. the 65LS, CZ and Daly).

Soon to come:
Either a shotgun, .223 carbine (Mini-14 most likely), or .357 or .44mag lever carbine to take the place of the SKS. I need a long gun that is more suited to the more probable home defense situations.

 

[outfieldjack]

My Defense....

Glock 22, Streamlight, Mossy 590.

 

[foghornl]

Springy "Champion" Model 1911-A1 is the bedside table companion.

Next up is the Maverick 88 by Mossberg.

After that, The Most Serious Artillery...US Rifle Cal .30 M-1 Popularly known as The Garand