Home invasion escape plan

I live in a 2-story home with all bedrooms on the 2nd story. There is also a basement with its own door and 4 windows. I have a couple of kids who are usually off to college. Their bedrooms are in between my bedroom (at the end of the hall) and the top of the stairs.

I have an alarm system (which I'm sure could be defeated, but probably not by anyone who might be primarily desiring to inflict injury on the family) on all doors and windows on the basement and first floor levels, and also a watch-cat that is probably somewhat less than reliable :).

If the kids are away I would certainly not charge down the hall to face an intruder. However, if they are home, I would have no choice but to get down that hall to their rooms asap.
 
If a team of 6 intruders (as in the post earilier) come though our door it will be a sad day. As a door is a tactical advantage. One allows limited number to go though it. Mossberg 590 and Xd 40 can easily pick them as they enter my bedroom. 8 shots of 12ga 00 buckshot and 60 rounds 40 plus 5 rounds of silvertips in my wife's 357 I take my chances in my bedroom. Our master has multi walls and large enought to set up to aim at the door, in several places. It was a factory in my choice of home. Thinking ahead and CYA myself.
 
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This is how my family handles our h/d needs.My primary weapon of choice is a mossberg 12 gauge pump with a rifled slug barrel and a backup s&w 686 357 strapped and holstered on a clip on belt.I leave the bedroom and check the rest of the house while my wife directs me on the bedroom tv monitors.If the intruder gets past me then my wife will be waiting behind a locked door with her 410 filled with slugs and a snubbie 357 for back up..I have 3 nightvision cameras outside and 3 nightvision cameras inside.The first inside camera is above my bedroom door facing at an angle down,and the second is above the door facing into the kitchen at the back of the house and the 3rd is facing up the stairs to the kids room(no sneaking in or out for our sons)I know i sound a bit paranoid but if there is a bump in the night i want and can to see it from either back door or front.The cameras help us see whats on the other side of the door before we shoot.We also have 2-way radios with ear pieces for my wife and i,and in the kids room we have baby monitors that get turned on every night.Again i know this sounds crazy but as the old saying goes,tis better to have and not need than to need and not have.Oh by the way the cameras i use came from walmart and were only 78.99 a pair.
 
I'm just too old to be going out a window to a concrete/gravel landing 8 feet below the bottom of it.

I'm staying in my bedroom, . . . watching both doors, . . . and if either opens up, . . . it will only be after they have ID'd themselves as LEO, . . . and since I know a few of those who would respond, . . . I feel OK as having a good plan.

My wife is a non canine person, . . . and her fat old momma cat won't attack much at all, . . .

But I've got guns, . . . I've got ammo, . . . and I've got the rest of my life to lay around my bedroom, . . . the bg in the living room only has until the red/white/blue lights start pouring into my driveway, . . . then he has to make some kind of move.

May God bless,
Dwight
 
............and I'm 68, so I'm REALLY too old for anything except to lie in bed with the shotgun under the covers. :cool:
 
Now, do I sit in my room and hope how ever many dogs are in the fight can controll the situation, or do I add some more dogs and some firepower while the BGs are rather busy trying not to get torn apart?
Sit in your room. Why in the world would anyone want to give up a position of tactical superiority that enhances your chances of survival? As has been pointed out several times,even the police do not house-clear by themselves. It puts you at such a disadvantage that it is hard to understand why anyone would even contemplate it with the exception of something along the lines of "got to get the kids."

I leave the bedroom and check the rest of the house while my wife directs me on the bedroom tv monitors.
As above, why?? Particularly if you have monitors to watch.
 
Going down a hallway is walking through the 'fatal' funnel.

Indeed. I would not leave the bedroom. I would not peak out the bedroom door. Keep the bedroom door closed (locked if possible). Now they have to come through a fatal funnel to get you.
 
Thing is, my children are in the other half of the house, and if I hear my dog barking for ANY reason, I am up, out of bed and clearing the house. The kids know not to get out of bed for any reason if the dog is barking, and most of the time they dont even wake up. I leave night lights on in the house strategiclly placed so as to cast a shadow on the walls in my line of sight. I have a partition wall that is perpendicular to my bedroom door that I have ripped the sheet rock out and put nothing but solid 2x4s across the opening, so if someone shoots in my direction I will have at least some sort of barrier to stop or slow down what ever may be slung my way. I've walked my house many times, over and over in the dark and know my lanes of fire to keep my kids and neighbors safe. I have done this in every home i have lived in, taken the steps, know my lanes and outlets. And I dont trust anyone, because I have seen best friends and even family come into homes and kill. You may call it paranoia, I call it preparedness.
 
Re: Alarms... check with your alarm company to see if there is a way to wire the alarm to sound if the wires are cut. A friend figured a way to do this with his alarm unit in the event someone cut the phone lines.

Re: Two Story homes... The top of the stairwell is a fair defensive position, but only if you can see down the stairs far enough and/or have a wall to conceal yourself behind.

An older home layout had the stairs do a 90-degree turn halfway up and the stairs emptied into the end of a long hallway. In essence, once someone came around the corner, they could see the length of the hallway. In such cases, defending from a nearby bedroom/bathroom doorway may be a better option.

An escape plan that isn't too detailed is a good idea. For instance... one parent exits first and helps children out of the house. They then flee to a neighbor nearby selected for screening bushes or their known willingness to respond and help. If separated, children should know who's house to go to and to NEVER return home until police or parents say it's safe.

If you have a stealthy intruder, when police arrive they may need access to the house. Keep spare house key(s) attached to a ring along with a light-stick. Attach a clear plastic "map pouch" to the ring too. Inside the map pouch, put a simple illustration of your home's floorplan. When needed, once police arrive, activate the lightstick and throw the assemblage into the yard or driveway. At night the glowing lightstick is self-identifying. If the situation goes south into a hostage or stand-off situation, they have a map of the house and know where you are by cell phone.

Multiple Intruders:
If you are sure there are multiple intruders, use your room to maximum advantage. Barricade the door with furniture, the bed or simply blankets...anything to slow down opening the door. Remember that most walls are simply concealment... if they're beating at the door, your first shot(s) thru the door may score or deter them. If a bedroom wall is along the hallway, shots through the wall into the hallway may also be useful. (Protect yourself from incoming on the same wall!) Of course, be sure you know what is across the hallway too.

If multiple intruders are present and forcing the bedroom door, this is the correct time to be prepared to expend ammo at a high rate. Showing of considerable firepower will deter them from entry. Opening a window may also help draw attention to the noise. Contrary to popular opinion, gunfire inside a home is not very loud from outside if the house is closed up in the winter.
 
Invasions uncommon???

Invasions are very common now! Living in Albuquerque sucks. A lot of angry and stupid drivers for starters. A lot of great US loving people live here in New Mexico don't get me wrong, but also a lot of people who know that they can basically go unpunished for even repeat violent offenses do to a highly jacked up court system here in NM that favors the criminal over the victum 9 times out of ten! Combine that with a bad economy and random home invasions are up big time! I'm talking about random senseless slaughter! The BGs here in ABQ have a big time power trip! They would rather rape your wife and than torture you and your kids. But most don't have that kind of time. They just kill you. They rob you for sure, but it seems like the motives more and more are kill for the thrill rather than simply rob a place. I don't go to bed now without preparing to use deadly force at moments notice!
 
Our house is setup poorly for self defense. Master bedroom is on the exact opposite corner of the house as the front door and the back door. Our 3yr old daugher's room is between them. I've gotta go get her if the alarm starts going off...no hiding in the bedroom for me.

Hopefully our 100lb Chesapeake will go nuts as he usually does when someone's making noise outside... All windows/ext. doors are alarmed and it's set every night.

I'm more worried about someone coming in during the day when I'm not around and my wife's in a room away from a gun...
 
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