Whats your home defense plan?

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1. The dog knows and will tell me.
2. I reach above my head and grab the Sig226 with laser and my streamlight.
3. Wife grabs 1911 and phone while I activate car alarm with key FOB.
4. wait until entry or units arrive.
5. If units arrive put gun in holster & Identify, if BG enter I take left wife takes right. when finished wait for police
 
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I thought about it ...

I wouldn't call it a plan, but I thought about it. Back when my 3 sons lived with us, I would take a stand at the top of the stairs. That way I am blocking entrance to all the bedrooms upstairs, my shots go down the stairs where there is no chance of hitting one of us, and if the BG shoots (and misses) the shots go into the ceiling of the bathroom behind me - not into a bedroom.

But now that the kids are all out of the house, I would probably stay in the bedroom and guard the hallway through the door, and have my wife stay back from the door out of the line of fire - dialing 911.

But I don't worry about this kind of thing very much. Our house is in the back of the neighborhood on a cul-se-sac and there is only one exit from the sub-division. If the bad guys are thinking about their get-away they will just go somewhere else where they have more options.
 
Since my dog would welcome an intruder in; I'll grab my 40 out of the nightstand call the police and shout from the top of the stairs that if I see them I will shoot them. I live in Colorado so we have the "Make my Day Law" My wife would be armed too, so I'm thinking they wouldn't have a prayer if they were were stupid enough to come into our bedroom
 
That's why I put the wink, all. No, I wouldn't use a drop gun. No, I wouldn't run outside and shoot everyone.

People who come to my front or back door unexpected are very rare; that's what the backup cell phone in the nightstand and the Glock in the safe next to the bed are for. I have good locks, and if you get through them after I've called 911, doom on you.
 
1. ready gun... 2. wife sets off car alarm and calls 911 will lying on the bed room floor with pistol... 3. i move towards the threat and make sure the sititution doesnt reach the bedroom.. 4. handle threat in any way possible.. 5. secure surroundings and prepare for the cops arrivial.. meaning unloading my personall weapon involved and placing it in plain sight..
 
If someone makes it into the home they are being shot fatally. None of this omg i broke into your house, you shot me and now I'm paralyzed and going to sue you BS.

If they are at the door, they will be warned to leave, and if they enter that they will be shot. Call police, and wait.
 
Whatever "plan" I may have will probably go right out the window since there's no telling when, where, or how it would go down. So I'll just keep it simple. Break into my home while I'm there, I'm going to assume you are there to kill me and my family. I will not let that happen. If you don't die, it is only because I am dead.

No warnings. No "less than lethal". No remorse for someone who would invade my home and my family.
 
If there was a knock I would for sure check it out using peep hole and outside light. We only have one door in and it is a special security door attached to a screen door made of a near unbreakable glass like substance so it would be hard for anybody to get in quickly if that was their chosen point of entry. The door itself is steel with steel door jams and dead bolt for added security. It would take even a strong determined group of guys about 3 or 4 minuets to get past all that. If the door does become breached the security alarm will sound giving further warning.

More likely they would try a window which would put them at a huge tactical disadvantage seeing as how my windows are about 4-5 feet up from ground level and basement windows are solid glass block.

Either way if they managed to get into the house both my wife and I would have already been able to call 911, round up the baby, and grab the firearms off the night stand, while taking cover in our master bedroom.
 
Lets say 3 am pounding starts on both your front and back doors.
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You know that in all likelihood the situation would look more like this. A nice looking young man or women would come to your front door asking for help with a broken down car and if they can use the phone. You or your wife opens the door to hand them the phone and a buddy comes out from the side and rushes in.

Or you are getting out your car in the driveway or garage when a fellow who has been casing your house for the past week rushes you.

Typically a smart criminal will strike when you are in a state of vulnerability or transition; seldom do they knock.
 
That's why I put the wink, all. No, I wouldn't use a drop gun. No, I wouldn't run outside and shoot everyone.
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If I wrote something like that I would delete it. Just out of respect for everyone on the forum. It was lame and makes us all look like pychos.
 
I actually ponder this quite a bit, I worry about over penetration more than anything, I have two small children and am very worried about shooting through a wall, I have no very large open area's in my house so I have my mossberg 500 loaded with bird shot. I figure at close range that will be effective but won't have much threat through a wall, Does any one have any knowlage of bird shot as a defensive round at real close range (15 feet or less) this might sound like a silly question but the idea of rounds ripping through my Kids wall is horrifing to me.
 
I am talking about a BG that stalks you and is going to attempt to enter your house silently in the dead of night.
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If a BG can silently enter you house in the dead of the night, having a gun is the least of your problems. You need to focus on that access problem before anything else, IMO.
BTW, serial killers rarely break into the house. They tend to enter under a ruse of some type, when they enter.
 
Did you miss this part of the write up regarding birdshot on page two?:

Birdshot as a Defense Load
I have had a lot of questions, summed up as follows: How effective is birdshot (#4, #6, #8, etc.) as a defense load?

We have done tests with various birdshot loads. Birdshot penetrated through two pieces of drywall (representing one wall) and was stopped in the paper on the front of the second wall. The problem with birdshot is that it does not penetrate enough to be effective as a defense round. Birdshot is designed to bring down little birds.
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