All this makes me desire to relate how we came to define to the realtor our permanent retirement property after 42 year long careers in the Army..active and DAC
The only thing we screwed up was close enough to real civilization for GOOD High Speed internet...all other considerations were met
Must be 10+/- acres with combination open and wooded
Must be within 30 min of civilization
Must have main house set way back for county road access
House must be brick veneere
Must not be in flood zone
Some may wonder at why we are passionate of this subject
Wife and I, from early 70 to mid 90s Army NCOs with many deployment to combat, and good at our jobs.
Several tours of Germany where Badder Meinhoff or Red Army faction caused us personal and Unit grief... serious MOFO's
Much travel TDY covert, out of uniform because of nature of missions
Personal experience with children stalker the Army CID altered us to because or our jobs (they were covertly watching for us)...mid career...THAT got our Fing attention...we got proactive and trained
We had the kind of jobs where we were making being a bad guy a bad idea...BUT not under the umbrella of SOCOM or NSA
Twice failed attempts to abduct my wife on TDY....The "be aware" training paid off
We THEN got VERY SERIOUS and enrolled to and ARMY PAID for professional personal defense training
We are both retired over 19 years now and just recently commented to each other how our personal stress level has reduced
This is not meant to be self aggrandizement....and it is just an account of how some military can be targets and must be self aware and take personal action
Living in Chicago, Killeen Texas, Houston, WDC and many many other places with serious problems >>>> requires YOU to assess the threat, find a reasonable way to mitigate that threat
YOU MUST NEVER RELY on Police...period...that is very bad plan...they are an after the fact organization
Shot gun, Rifle, hand gun...ALL--- have a place in the PLAN
There is NO cookie cutter BEST home defense solution
If you are dead poor get a good revolver in .38 or larger
IMO you ....if you insist, or are forced, to live is a funky environment... assess the threat... Plan accordingly.. pay the bucks....get many good weapons, reliable ammo, and go get pro training....seriously
No shot gun or pistol is worth the cost if YOU cannot EFFECTIVLY use it SAFELY
Remember your wife, children, dogs, and neighbors are in the BLAST zone TOO