Your mindset on home defense weapons?
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Good question. My answer is YES.
Pistol is bedside, AR is hanging from its sling in the bedroom, and 12 gauge is in there also. I'd probably choose pistol first, since it's closest, but if I have a little time, i'd go for the shotgun, since I have it tricked out a little bit, with a red-dot and a light. It's a keltec ksg (bullpup configuration) I'd probably go AR last, but if I had the time I may go with that. It totally depends on the circumstance.Good question. My answer is YES.
Do you have kids in your home? If so you may want to rethink the long guns.
DoglegArms
Silencer Dealer of 2015, 2016, 2017
I used to have a gun in almost every room but when my son started walking I locked everything up. So my home defense gun is whatever I'm carrying. I keep a G19 with a Streamlight mounted in quick access safe on the nightstand.
Does everyone that has AR's, AK's, Shotguns for home defense lock them in your safe when you leave the house everyday? I kept a Mossberg 500 with a cheep NEBO light next to my bed for a few years. Got to thinking if someone broke in it would be gone. I just use my everyday carry next to bed now. Still bring the Mossy out every few nights.
Have you shot the gun with the NEBO installed? I had a buddy of mine buy one for a Mav 88, said he clamped it on as tight as he could, but after 6 rnds it scraped down his mag tube and quit working
I wasnt talking about the risk. I was referring to handling kids, door handles, and other things with one hand while you work the gun with the other.
With a properly set up HD handgun, you can run the gun and the weaponlight with one hand while you push your children out of the hallway (or whatever the scenario is)
I put one of these GG&G rails on my 930 to hold a SureFire, seems to be holding up pretty well after a few hundred rounds
No one weapon is perfect for every situation. However, our house is situated so that in the event something happens, everyone knows what to do and where to go. We have a plan, which I think is critical. And our setup makes it so everyone in my family will be BEHIND me so I don't have to worry about over-penetration and our house is laid out in such a way that there are no corners on the second floor. As for the guns, they are located in safe places and no risk to anyone in my family. As far as tactics go, if someone enters our home, the alarm will go off, and everyone will be on the second floor...myself included. I don't think 'clearing' your house is the greatest idea because you have no idea how many are there, etc.
I believe you should take a truly defensive standpoint. A member of your family should call the police, and you should take up a defensive position and protect your family, and no go looking for things going bump in the night. All bad horror movies have that plot. Hear a noise? Hey lets go see what it is! Not a great idea. IMO, you're better off taking up a good position and waiting it out until you can gather more info. And by our plan, if anyone comes up the stairs, they're like fish in a barrel.
As I said above, no one weapon is perfect for all situations, nor does one size fit all when it comes to plan. You need to take into account your capabilities, your family, the layout of your home, etc. Basically, my advice would be to think it through. Use your mind first.... the guns are a tool.
I believe you should take a truly defensive standpoint. A member of your family should call the police, and you should take up a defensive position and protect your family, and no go looking for things going bump in the night. All bad horror movies have that plot. Hear a noise? Hey lets go see what it is! Not a great idea. IMO, you're better off taking up a good position and waiting it out until you can gather more info. And by our plan, if anyone comes up the stairs, they're like fish in a barrel.
As I said above, no one weapon is perfect for all situations, nor does one size fit all when it comes to plan. You need to take into account your capabilities, your family, the layout of your home, etc. Basically, my advice would be to think it through. Use your mind first.... the guns are a tool.
Good points. Everyone's situation is different and you've clearly thought yours through. My house, which was purchased well before we had children, is very poorly laid out for defense. The kids rooms are on the opposite side of the house. And any intruder will enter from the middle. That leaves me having to consider over penetration and angles of attack should the need ever arise. My AR with fragmenting ammunition (Mk262) is the go to choice, with an MP9 outfitted with a surefire light and suppressor coming in second. The AR is an SBR outfitted with a suppressor and white light. With the pistol in particular, I will have to be very careful about my firing position.
Any intruder will have to walk past my door to get to the kids bedrooms. I have a ar pistol with suppressor which will be grabbed, the wife will man the phone. Even though I'm not worried about the kids being in the line of fire, I do have neighbours. Hopefully, my ammo should fragment if it hits a wall and not be too much of a danger to the other houses near me.
