Re-Thinking Home Defense

[threefeathers]

This is an interesting discussion and one covered quite extensively at LFI which I recommend you go to if possible.
I applaud you getting a plan in order and drilling your family.
Based on what I got from Mas here's what I think (there are a bunch of us LFI Grads here so Frank and Gary feel free to jump in)

1. Get up and quickly arm yourself.
2. Call 911.
3. Get dressed, at least slip on pants.
4. If at all possible get your family to one safe room.
5. Yell, rack shotgun, establish physical presence by a dominating statement, "Drop your weapons, leave my home."
6. Get to a good ambush position and make them come to you. With the police on the way they will have to move quickly.. Ideally they will make a quick exit. You can't play John Wayne but no one is killed and the police can do their jobs.
7. If after you give a warning and they still come toward you do not yell another warning, the are going to kill you, shoot at the moment you see them. You do not have to yell 'turn" or anything, shoot!!!

8. On the phone have your wife, SO, bunkbuddy, or yourself if necessary describe you, the layout of the house, number of bad guys.

 

[soggysod]

this topic has caused me to join this forum.
i am a white male, grew up with firearms, own 30+, and have hunted since i was 5. i grew up on a farm, and rarely went more than a week without shooting a firearm, so i know the power and reprocussions of them.
that being said, i was out a few years back with a friend of mine on his bachelor party. we had been drinking, and i was a little tipsy, but not drunk. we were driving back to his house, and some guys (5) in a suburban started tailgating us. i thinking they were just being stupid ignored them, until they started encroaching on my lane. i did nothing to upset these guys and it really irked me that they had it out for me, so i swerved back. at that point they pulled a pistol and started yelling at us to pull over. it may have been my survival instinct or ? but it didnt scare me, i started yelling back,(with a pistol pointing at me) and trying to force them off of the road. i was in a lifted 3/4 ton truck, clearly had that advantage. and they took off scared.
this must have been "posturing" as i read of in earlier posts, and i know its very stupid to have called their bluff. i know what i pistol round can do. now in retrospect i truly question why i did that, but the point i am making, is that i am not an agressive person, i would never attack anyone or break into their house. and this is the response i had.
without thinking the sight of a loaded gun put me on the offensive.
i dont know why i did that.
but if someone ever breaks into my house, im not going to challenge them by racking the slide.they wont have the option of calling my bluff
i dont know what it takes to break into someonese house, or assault someone, but i guarantee that due to the way i handled the situation i was in, i wouldnt doubt anyone charging if you announced your position like that.
but thats just my 2cents on the matter.