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Home defense: just your Glock? Or, your Glock until you get something

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#1 ·
For most of my adult life I kept a handgun readily available for use in case of a home invasion. That gun varied from a 25 caliber "Baby" Browning, to S&W 357 revolver, to my current prime handgun in my bedroom, a G17 with Streamlight on the rail. But in this age of potential multiple intruders, or major civil disturbances, I added a Mossberg 500 12 gauge with 8 round tube. The G17 is still what I would reach for when hearing that "bump in the night" or somesuch, but now I would carry the G17 just to give me some protection while I retrieve my loaded shotgun. If things keep going as they are, maybe in a few years I'll feel the need to find an M60 and keep it under my bed.
 
#43 ·
...and no other sound quite like a round getting tacked in any pump action Shotgun. Pretty unique and sobering I would imagine.
 
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#9 ·
your question, it all depends...and you date yourself w/ "M60"- LOL...

I think the good logic is and what is probably most applied (unconsciously) is a pistol would most likely do fine and most jobs but having larger tools in the algorithm just in case.

so, I keep a G26 and a G20 bedside, w/ an AR in the corner of the bedroom and I have (2) other .223's outside the bedroom as well as a G40 and some others... I reasonably expect that the bedside pistol will suffice but I dot keep extra mags in bedroom thus the AR, also my bedroom is located immediately inside the front door unlike a modern middle class home where you may be able to go to your closet, etc...(but I keep a back up mag for each weapon next to the front door in a drawer)...

as I always say, since the day people flew planes into buildings your ability to protect yourself is only limited by your imagination...I mean who the hell was looking for pressure cookers at the finish line of a race- right???

and theres always the possibility that one may have offended a gang banger, etc and they brought friends...or ISIS goes through social media...
 
#11 ·
Spot on! Things have changed drastically since 9/11 and you don't know what or who to expect any more.

I live in a great neighborhood and it would be highly unlikely that any of our homes would be invaded. However, I have at least 6 firearms in various areas at my disposal just in case, not including what's in the safes.

I'm very surprised at how unprepared people are against an attack, my folks included. I have walked into their house 99% of the time with the front door open and surprise the hell out of them. If I was a BG, I could do what ever I wanted and take everything.

They ask on occasion why I carry everywhere I go and have so many guns. I just remind them how easy it is to walk into their house right through the front door.
 
#12 · (Edited)
I have a 9mm carbine with a red dot, flashlight and 30 round mag under the bed. Will take a couple seconds to get that in play. That's the preferred "bump in the night" option.

There's a "ready to go" FNS-9 with night sights behind the night stand if I wake up to somebody in the room or at the bedroom window.

There are electronic earmuffs in the lower drawer by themselves if I have more than a second or two.

In the case of Civil unrest, I feel I'll have time to get out my X95 and load the mags. That's not an "immediate response" situation.

All doors are locked. There are a couple guns hidden elsewhere in case somebody breaks in while we're watching TV or something.
 
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If things keep going as they are, maybe in a few years I'll feel the need to find an M60 and keep it under my bed.
Things have actually been getting safer every year for decades. Americans are safer now than in about a century.

The only thing that has changed is the news and how much you get and what they choose to tell you.

However, there's nothing wrong with having all the guns you need or more. Within 6 feet of me, right now, in my bedroom, is a Browning Hi Power, a Glock 43, a Ruger LCP, a Remington 870 with extended magazine and light and a Remington 1100 with extended magazine, all loaded, with buckshot in the shotguns.
 
#44 ·
Is this a hint on what you want from Santa Claus? Have you been a good little Doobee this year little Nevermore?
 
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#20 ·
Well, I don't own a Glock and don't intend to get one. But I do own 9 pistols, a revolver, an AR carbine, and a Mossberg Maverick 88 12 gauge pump.

What I would rely on primarily would depend on the situation. At this point in my life, the only creatures normally inside the house that I need to defend are myself, my wife, and two small dogs. Ordinarily, at night, all four are in the same room. There are times when one of my daughters is visiting and sleeping in another room, and there are many times when my wife is up later than I am.

I have a loaded SIG P320 full-size .45 ACP with a rail-mounted light/laser combo handy at the bedside. In the scenario that I hear an intruder inside the house and there are no souls outside the bedroom I hope that I would have the sense to adopt a "bunker defense". In other words use my pistol to cover myself while I retrieved my 12 gauge from the closet and my wife called 911, then have everyone take low cover while I drew a bead on the bedroom door with my shotgun, having my pistol on the ground or bed beside me.

In the event that I had someone else in the house to protect when the alarm sounded, or I was unable to resist the temptation to search and clear the house, I would take the pistol.
 
#22 ·
If the alarm goes off in my small house I grab the G30s on my nightstand, no kids here, and the wife knows to dial 911. I keep the gun aimed down the hallway until the cops come and clear the perimeter. The gun goes in the nightstand while I answer the door and let them into the house.
I leave my safe open at night but my house is so small that in the few seconds it would take to grab my 870 someone could make it to the bedroom and shoot us both if they were so inclined. My G30s and 870 both have lights on them but I'm not going to investigate a "bump in the night not knowing who or how many people may be in the house. The bedroom is a defensible position so I'll stay put till the cops come.
 
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A custom shop P227 with a TLR is my bump in the night gun. A 18.5" pump 12 gage is next, then we really ramp up the fire power to full blown high end SBR's.
I teach a CCW class and have trained at many tactical academies over the years. A handgun and pump shot gun are all anyone really needs and should train with both.
 
#31 ·
Handguns are convenient, portable and usually adequate for investigating bumps in the night around the home BUT if you know your sanctuary has been breached and the threat level has just escalated, then dump the hand gun for a shotgun or tactical rifle. There is no comparison which tool to choose if you want the odds to favor your objective.
 
#36 · (Edited)
1960. Gay Street was my post. Quite an education for a young man. I wouldn't take anything for the experience.
I can't imagine a 5 foot 7 inch white guy walking by himself on the streets in the ghetto at 2AM now days. :)
I liked being a Policeman. It was a hell of a education for young guy fresh out of the USMC.

A bit later I lucked into a student slot in the Army Primary Helicopter school in Texas.
That started me flying for a living.
Much nicer than having some thug trying to cave in your head. :)
 
#34 ·
Long guns are nice but seriously, when was the last time you heard that someone armed with a service caliber handgun failed to stop a home intruder? I suppose it's happened but I'm sure there are cases where someone with a long gun had it taken away from them too.
 
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