16 Reasons Shotguns Are The Most Dominant Home Defense Weapon
Apr 7, 2024 20:12:19 #
Blade_Runner wrote:
Yeah, but only you can wake up the gun.
You’re right even when you’re asleep
Apr 7, 2024 20:12:31 #
pegw wrote:
Abortions have killed millions more children than have guns, and the perps get away with it.Do you know that firearms are the leading cause of death to children?
Apr 7, 2024 20:14:04 #
Turtle keeper wrote:
If some crazy fool kicks in my door in the middle of the night, I'll wake up, then wake up my gun.You’re right even when you’re asleep
Apr 7, 2024 20:47:07 #
WEBCO wrote:
Springfield 1911 in .45, Is my choice for 35+years
Locked & Loaded! It's safer than your pillow.
Apr 7, 2024 21:02:55 #
Apr 8, 2024 06:08:17 #
billy a
Loc: South Florida
PeterS wrote:
I had long wondered why conservatives would prefer... (show quote)
Interesting exchange, guys. I sleep with a 9mm. at hand. There are other guns around, but that is my carry-gun, and I am very familiar with it.
After a lifetime of power-tools, chain-saws, firearms etc. I earned a pair of hearing-aids. My bedside protection used to be a Mossberg 12, but the thought of lighting that thing off INSIDE the house makes me shudder.
I guess there's no way around it ; ANY firearm fired inside is going to cause hearing-troubles. I'm going with the gun I KNOW, when I'm half asleep, and pissed-off that somebody would dare wake me... know your gun.
Apr 8, 2024 06:48:41 #
PeterS wrote:
I had long wondered why conservatives would prefer... (show quote)
Your post reveals how little you and/or your source know about self defense. I prefer a .44 magnum.
Apr 8, 2024 07:33:26 #
Bottom line is the firearm you are comfortable with, have practiced with and IN YOUR HAND!!!!!!
Article by Fred Mastison March 31, 2024
Protecting your home rarely looks like it does in movies or on TV. There are realities of home defense that many do not understand or realize, making certain aspects hard to anticipate. In this article, I will take a realistic look at what to expect when it comes to defending your home and family.
A Look at the Realities of Home Defense
You are fast asleep in your bed when a sound awakens you. Opening your eyes, you lay there silently, trying to decide if you really heard something or imagined it. Was it the cat? Was it someone walking down the sidewalk outside?
You lay there for what seems minutes, and you hear it again. As your brain scrambles to define the sound, you hear a muffled voice. At that moment, your blood runs cold as you know someone is in the house.
One of the realities of home defense is that home invasions happen fast.
Your heart begins to race, and your hands get cold. You must focus on staying calm as your breathing gets shallow and rapid. While part of your brain wants to believe this isn’t happening, the now continuous sounds tell you otherwise. You are in the middle of a home invasion, and your life is in danger.
This is a horrifying scenario for a multitude of reasons. This is your home, your safe refuge from the outside world. And now, that sanctity has been violated by criminals. The hundred-dollar question now is, “What do we do?”
Well, this is where a firearm becomes more than an enjoyable item to plink with on the range. It now becomes a force equalizer and tool to protect your life. Beyond the gun, we now must decide just what our course of action is going to be. Do we call 911 and hide or do we grab our blaster and head out into the house?
This is the exact topic we dissected in great detail at a recent event hosted by SecureIt Gun Storage.
Several fellow writers and I made our way to Summit Mount, West Virginia. There we would spend the next couple days training with Paramount Tactical on defensive handgun and home defense.
A full class assembled for a class on the realities of home defense.
Our home would be Summit Point Training facility and it was incredible. SPTF is a 786-acre multi-purpose facility that provides a complete solution for a myriad of training. From a track for a driving course to explosive breaching and shoot houses, the facility is exceptional.
The training would be led by Gary Melton, a professional instructor and prior Special Forces. Together, this promised to be a very educational event.
Like any good class should, the instruction began with a focus on marksmanship.
Walther Firearms was one of the event sponsors, and we were able to run a variety of its PDP pistols. Trijicon joined the event and outfitted each gun with its SRO red dot optic. This would prove to be an exceptional pairing.
Walther provided its PDP pistols for our class on the realities of home defense.
We practiced fundamentals and added movement, cover, and concealment. While this was enjoyable, it was just a prep for what we would face on day two—home defense tactics.
With rain rolling in, we were thankful to be indoors for this final day. Our training base today would be an extensive shoot house with multiple rooms as well as a catwalk for observation. Soon, the discussion began, and the age-old question was asked. During a home invasion, do we stay in place and call 911, or do we clear our house?
We were all prepared for rain, but fortunately, much of the course was inside.
To help us make that determination, we ran multiple home defense scenarios in both lighted situations as well as complete darkness.
The scenarios gained a little spice when we dawned protective gear and began using UTM training rounds. With this setup, you would find out quickly if your marksmanship and tactics were sound.
We put on suits and loaded up with UTM training rounds for a real-world example of the realities of home defense.
The scenarios were complete in design. They positioned us in a room, and following a “bump in the night,” we moved to get our weapon from a SecureIt safe. In fact, the entire home defense program was based on SecureIt’s “Beyond the Gun” training curriculum.
The curriculum makes you look at your gun safe in a completely new way. Gone will be the days of a single giant safe parked in a back closet or garage. A safe that you open and have to dig through to find what you are looking for.
Gone are the days of a one safe option where you had to search through a full safe for your defensive weapon.
Karen Hunter, Business Development Manager for SecureIt, shared with me, “It is important that we consider everything when we place our safe as well as set it up. If you put it in a closet, will you need to clear away garments to access it?”
She continued to share that everything about your safe needs to be carefully planned out. An example of that is how your safe is organized inside. If this safe is purely for a defensive firearm, it should be organized in a way that allows you easy access. This could mean, for example, that you place a handgun peg at a certain height, so it is easy to reach.
This material also provides an opportunity to better understand decentralized gun storage. SecureIt has been the industry leader in this arena and is quick to share considerations when placing safes around the home.
While I have always been a fan of SecureIt products, the company truly shined in this event.
When you need your firearm in a home defense situation, you need it now. You do not have time to fumble with a combination or keys. We used three different safes during the training.
In the bedroom scenario, we used a Fast Box 36D, which fit under the bed and had a pull-out drawer. This was very easy and quick to access, making our defensive setup speedy.
The SecureIt Fast Box 36D provides fast access to your defensive weapon.
In an office setting, we used a Fast Box 20 set in a vertical orientation. Like the 36D, it worked perfectly as everyone recovered their gun in the three-second range.
The last scenario was the most challenging and included multiple rooms. In this scenario, we used the Agile 52 safe. This was the newest model that included an advanced six-button keypad featuring a biometric operation option.
The keypad is designed to give the user options and allows three different user codes, all programmed by the user. Likewise, the biometric pad can hold up to 30 different fingerprints.
The keypad is designed to give the user options and allows three different user codes, all programmed by the user. Likewise, the biometric pad can hold up to 30 different fingerprints.
SecureIt understands that some users may not prefer a biometric option. With that in mind, they have given you the ability to disable it. Other options include the ability to turn off the backlighting of the keys, as well as the sound. The Agile keypad system is one of the most advanced in the industry. SecureIt has worked hard to make the safe as secure and user-friendly as possible.
To help manage power for the safe, the company has included a low battery alert light on the keypad. Correspondingly, the safe is designed to be powered by an external battery connected to the USBC port on the bottom of the keypad. It really is the best of both worlds.
Final Thoughts
With everyone taking turns being both the defender and invader, a clear theme began to come clear. While you may be forced to leave the security of your bedroom, should you need to retrieve a child or loved one, it is dangerous.
Without question, the best option in a home invasion is to set yourself up in a defensive position in your room. Retrieve your firearm and position yourself where you have a clear shot at the door coming into the room. An ambush setup like this provides you with the best tactical option.
Call 911 and prepare yourself should an assailant come through the door. While it sounds good on paper, we experienced it firsthand in the shoot house. By the end, as home invaders, we lost our motivation to break into a room. Simply because we knew that we were going to be shot multiple times.
The entire event was well-organized and educational. We received exceptional training and learned more about SecureIt’s new curriculum. My ultimate takeaway was to take a defensive position and ensure I have a performance-centered safe like one from SecureIt.
For more information, please visit SecureItGunStorage.com, ParamountTactical.com, and SummitPointTraining.com.
Article by Fred Mastison March 31, 2024
Protecting your home rarely looks like it does in movies or on TV. There are realities of home defense that many do not understand or realize, making certain aspects hard to anticipate. In this article, I will take a realistic look at what to expect when it comes to defending your home and family.
A Look at the Realities of Home Defense
You are fast asleep in your bed when a sound awakens you. Opening your eyes, you lay there silently, trying to decide if you really heard something or imagined it. Was it the cat? Was it someone walking down the sidewalk outside?
You lay there for what seems minutes, and you hear it again. As your brain scrambles to define the sound, you hear a muffled voice. At that moment, your blood runs cold as you know someone is in the house.
One of the realities of home defense is that home invasions happen fast.
Your heart begins to race, and your hands get cold. You must focus on staying calm as your breathing gets shallow and rapid. While part of your brain wants to believe this isn’t happening, the now continuous sounds tell you otherwise. You are in the middle of a home invasion, and your life is in danger.
This is a horrifying scenario for a multitude of reasons. This is your home, your safe refuge from the outside world. And now, that sanctity has been violated by criminals. The hundred-dollar question now is, “What do we do?”
Well, this is where a firearm becomes more than an enjoyable item to plink with on the range. It now becomes a force equalizer and tool to protect your life. Beyond the gun, we now must decide just what our course of action is going to be. Do we call 911 and hide or do we grab our blaster and head out into the house?
This is the exact topic we dissected in great detail at a recent event hosted by SecureIt Gun Storage.
Several fellow writers and I made our way to Summit Mount, West Virginia. There we would spend the next couple days training with Paramount Tactical on defensive handgun and home defense.
A full class assembled for a class on the realities of home defense.
Our home would be Summit Point Training facility and it was incredible. SPTF is a 786-acre multi-purpose facility that provides a complete solution for a myriad of training. From a track for a driving course to explosive breaching and shoot houses, the facility is exceptional.
The training would be led by Gary Melton, a professional instructor and prior Special Forces. Together, this promised to be a very educational event.
Like any good class should, the instruction began with a focus on marksmanship.
Walther Firearms was one of the event sponsors, and we were able to run a variety of its PDP pistols. Trijicon joined the event and outfitted each gun with its SRO red dot optic. This would prove to be an exceptional pairing.
Walther provided its PDP pistols for our class on the realities of home defense.
We practiced fundamentals and added movement, cover, and concealment. While this was enjoyable, it was just a prep for what we would face on day two—home defense tactics.
With rain rolling in, we were thankful to be indoors for this final day. Our training base today would be an extensive shoot house with multiple rooms as well as a catwalk for observation. Soon, the discussion began, and the age-old question was asked. During a home invasion, do we stay in place and call 911, or do we clear our house?
We were all prepared for rain, but fortunately, much of the course was inside.
To help us make that determination, we ran multiple home defense scenarios in both lighted situations as well as complete darkness.
The scenarios gained a little spice when we dawned protective gear and began using UTM training rounds. With this setup, you would find out quickly if your marksmanship and tactics were sound.
We put on suits and loaded up with UTM training rounds for a real-world example of the realities of home defense.
The scenarios were complete in design. They positioned us in a room, and following a “bump in the night,” we moved to get our weapon from a SecureIt safe. In fact, the entire home defense program was based on SecureIt’s “Beyond the Gun” training curriculum.
The curriculum makes you look at your gun safe in a completely new way. Gone will be the days of a single giant safe parked in a back closet or garage. A safe that you open and have to dig through to find what you are looking for.
Gone are the days of a one safe option where you had to search through a full safe for your defensive weapon.
Karen Hunter, Business Development Manager for SecureIt, shared with me, “It is important that we consider everything when we place our safe as well as set it up. If you put it in a closet, will you need to clear away garments to access it?”
She continued to share that everything about your safe needs to be carefully planned out. An example of that is how your safe is organized inside. If this safe is purely for a defensive firearm, it should be organized in a way that allows you easy access. This could mean, for example, that you place a handgun peg at a certain height, so it is easy to reach.
This material also provides an opportunity to better understand decentralized gun storage. SecureIt has been the industry leader in this arena and is quick to share considerations when placing safes around the home.
While I have always been a fan of SecureIt products, the company truly shined in this event.
When you need your firearm in a home defense situation, you need it now. You do not have time to fumble with a combination or keys. We used three different safes during the training.
In the bedroom scenario, we used a Fast Box 36D, which fit under the bed and had a pull-out drawer. This was very easy and quick to access, making our defensive setup speedy.
The SecureIt Fast Box 36D provides fast access to your defensive weapon.
In an office setting, we used a Fast Box 20 set in a vertical orientation. Like the 36D, it worked perfectly as everyone recovered their gun in the three-second range.
The last scenario was the most challenging and included multiple rooms. In this scenario, we used the Agile 52 safe. This was the newest model that included an advanced six-button keypad featuring a biometric operation option.
The keypad is designed to give the user options and allows three different user codes, all programmed by the user. Likewise, the biometric pad can hold up to 30 different fingerprints.
The keypad is designed to give the user options and allows three different user codes, all programmed by the user. Likewise, the biometric pad can hold up to 30 different fingerprints.
SecureIt understands that some users may not prefer a biometric option. With that in mind, they have given you the ability to disable it. Other options include the ability to turn off the backlighting of the keys, as well as the sound. The Agile keypad system is one of the most advanced in the industry. SecureIt has worked hard to make the safe as secure and user-friendly as possible.
To help manage power for the safe, the company has included a low battery alert light on the keypad. Correspondingly, the safe is designed to be powered by an external battery connected to the USBC port on the bottom of the keypad. It really is the best of both worlds.
Final Thoughts
With everyone taking turns being both the defender and invader, a clear theme began to come clear. While you may be forced to leave the security of your bedroom, should you need to retrieve a child or loved one, it is dangerous.
Without question, the best option in a home invasion is to set yourself up in a defensive position in your room. Retrieve your firearm and position yourself where you have a clear shot at the door coming into the room. An ambush setup like this provides you with the best tactical option.
Call 911 and prepare yourself should an assailant come through the door. While it sounds good on paper, we experienced it firsthand in the shoot house. By the end, as home invaders, we lost our motivation to break into a room. Simply because we knew that we were going to be shot multiple times.
The entire event was well-organized and educational. We received exceptional training and learned more about SecureIt’s new curriculum. My ultimate takeaway was to take a defensive position and ensure I have a performance-centered safe like one from SecureIt.
For more information, please visit SecureItGunStorage.com, ParamountTactical.com, and SummitPointTraining.com.
Apr 8, 2024 07:34:19 #
Apr 8, 2024 07:35:31 #
Blade_Runner wrote:
Abortions have killed millions more children than have guns, and the perps get away with it.
Apr 8, 2024 07:37:52 #
Milosia2 wrote:
The bigger their fears , the bigger their guns !
There’s protection , and then there’s the overkill on the right !!!
It’s fear based above all .
Fears , that they create themselves to justify
Their fear motivated fortresses .
And of course all of the boogiemen stories .
Or the one about grandma holding down an intruder telling the police
“Better get here soon , I don’t know how long I can keep him alive !”
None of fears have come to fruition for at least 99% .
There’s protection , and then there’s the overkill on the right !!!
It’s fear based above all .
Fears , that they create themselves to justify
Their fear motivated fortresses .
And of course all of the boogiemen stories .
Or the one about grandma holding down an intruder telling the police
“Better get here soon , I don’t know how long I can keep him alive !”
None of fears have come to fruition for at least 99% .
Apr 8, 2024 07:40:43 #
tomhoff24 wrote:
My Browning 12 gauge auto 5 works fine.
A 28-30 " barrel is not maneuverable in a CQB situation unless you plan on hitting someone in the head with your A-5.
Apr 8, 2024 07:43:27 #
PeterS wrote:
I had long wondered why conservatives would prefer... (show quote)
you are one dumb puke gto assume things like that..
Apr 8, 2024 07:44:29 #
bylm1-Bernie wrote:
Your post reveals how little you and/or your source know about self defense. I prefer a .44 magnum.
thanks...lilttle peter has some issues
Apr 8, 2024 12:51:09 #
PeterS wrote:
I had long wondered why conservatives would prefer... (show quote)
Peter, You are absolutely right. Shotguns are the best defense against home break ins. I use a 9mm handgun, myself, because I need a gun for other reasons besides home defense. I also have to take it to my place of worship as well, and I need a weapon that can be concealed. When I go fishing, I like to be the first one on line for a head boat. I Sleep in my car in the parking lot, and I need a weapon to defend myself from thugs that may try to intimidate or steal from me.
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