"If they look like crack-heads, unless you knock 'em out, runaway, because they still won't be scared even if you managed to chop both their arms off."
What if you cannot easily run away though? What if your family are relying on you for their protection?
Matt, that was part of what "I" thought was a humerous post that was aimed at street and home defense, but the humerous bit got er...."Edited", (english sarcasm strikes again!!)
As for the running away bit, I'm not 'genetically' able to run away, the last time we had a break in (18mths ago) I popped home at lunchtime, walked part way in saw the mess and ran through the house looking for 'them', not a thought as to them being armed etc...but found no-one.
And about a year ago, had a call at work from my next door neighbour saying someone with was hammering in my kitchen window and that they had called the police, I got there same time as the police and just ran straight round the back to the kitchen window, again, no thought to them being armed , just ran in, fortunately for both of us, he had gone.
Instinct just takes over.
If I had already been at home, I've no doubt I would have gone straight to the gun safe.
No, in all fairness, I'm concerned about the 'defender' tag on the surefire, but if there was a situation that called for me to use it, I'm sure the vast collection of Paladin Press books, gun magazines, MA books, knife and gun collections at home will probably raise more eyebrows than the torch
But as one of my local Bobby's kindly pointed out, whist investigating a car break-in at the range car park, if you do wind up shooting someone, make sure you put at least a screwdriver in their hand before anyone turns up
Still makes me laugh about the stupidity of someone breaking into a car out side a shooting range, must have had a death wish????