House Plan

[litman252]

In most books on home protection that I have read they all say to have a plan. They don't get into the plan much at all. We are having our first kid in a couple months, future shooter, and am starting to wonder.
I keep my 1911 under a bed, future would dictate that it should be locked up.
The shotgun in the closet, I'm thinking move it to his bedroom. If SHTF in the house we move to his room and set up camp there. The Wife will not leave the bedroom, let them have what they want. I will not let someone take the intire house at there leisure.
What is your thoughts/personal plan???
Thanks much,
Tony

 

[Mannlicher]

Its just the wife and I here. Bedroom is locked at night, door is pretty sturdy. Cell phones, alarms, three Scotties that miss nothing, and bark like big dogs. A gun or so in the bedroom, and a door to get outside in a hurry if needed. Thats the plan.

 

[Josey]

Depends. If I am in the basement, I am SOL. No flight but the stairs. I would have to make a Ft. Apache. If upstairs, I again have only the stairs, if they are blocked, the firefight will begin. If I am downstairs, I have three doors to leave by. If I can I plan to leave. If I am blocked from leaving, the firefight is on. I plan to use my SxS 12 bore Baikal coachgun. #4.

 

[sm]

In my current apt and being single...and on 3rd floor. Well there is that rope on the Balcony. If not it is "Last Man Standing" ,use the zones of fire and heavy funiture for cover.

In a house I built I added "features". I have assisted with folks building or remodling homes.

When I had a wife and kid..and dog. We had a plan. Dog was a great watch dog. I had a battery operated system to alert a retired DEA neighbor and he to me.

I had lockable boxes hidden for handguns , easily accessiblei n various places. I had "accessible" shotguns , secured as well. I used the blueprints to figure how to alter stuff. I viewed model homes and those new home in various stages of being built.

Example - In the Master Bedroom and Kids room , 3ft above the floor in the walls was stuff to resist bullets. The kid hits the deck and uses his access to alert neighbor. He had 2x6's...I couldn't do the trick with 4x8's I had in the MB. [Builder just grinned].

Oh that was not an attic access b/t MB and Master Bathroom...you did that from garage. That extra linen closet...oh it held linens...funny tho, if -n you knew how- those shelves were all attached and the right side wall "opened up" to guess what? If a BG used a metal detector...gotta be the fireplace giving a reading.

 

[Sakima]

Book

If you can, get a copy of the NRA's Guide to the Basics of Personal Protection in the Home. I received a copy when I took a local NRA Personal Protection in the Home Course.

It covers:

Part I - Safety
Part II - Mental Preperation
Part III - Developing Defensive Shooting Skills
Part IV - Strategies for Home and Personal Safety
Part V - Firearms, Self-Defense and the Law
Part VI - Selecting Firearms, Ammunition and Accessories for Personal Protection

223 pages of very usefull information.

Sakima

 

[xdoctor]

As a single man living in a one bedroom apartment on the ground level, my plans are pretty simple. The Remington 870 is under the bed and anyone who comes through the bedroom door will be accompanying the water heater out the back wall. Praise the lord for 000 Buck.