It's not if you can do if you are sleepy, it's if you can do it with your heart pounding and adrenalin pumping, which it would be in those types of situations. It is the same problem with taking carefully aimed shots at the arms or legs, in that situation you would probably end up aiming for and hitting them in the torso.
self-defence weapon or not?
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It's not if you can do if you are sleepy, it's if you can do it with your heart pounding and adrenalin pumping, which it would be in those types of situations. It is the same problem with taking carefully aimed shots at the arms or legs, in that situation you would probably end up aiming for and hitting them in the torso.
Seriously, crossbows???, Laser pointers???, and whatever else......
Your best bet is just grab a broom handle and smack them with it....no speeches, threats or anything, just crack them one as hard as you can with it .
The average home has a tonne of stuff you can use as a weapon, you don't need to buy one...the best deterrent though is decent locks, doors, windows, outside security lights and visible signs of an active alarm and/or surveillance cameras......Theives are opportunists, if it looks too difficult to burgle a home they won't even bother, especially when the neighbours house is easier to enter.
Your best bet is just grab a broom handle and smack them with it....no speeches, threats or anything, just crack them one as hard as you can with it .
The average home has a tonne of stuff you can use as a weapon, you don't need to buy one...the best deterrent though is decent locks, doors, windows, outside security lights and visible signs of an active alarm and/or surveillance cameras......Theives are opportunists, if it looks too difficult to burgle a home they won't even bother, especially when the neighbours house is easier to enter.
Child's toys. Everyone knows you have to nuke em from orbit - it's the only way to be sure. Actually on that theme - downstairs sentry gun. That would stop them.
those are factors you can add in, but my house for instance has a narrow staircase, and i would just wait at the top they can take there pick of items from downstairs like someone said insurance will cover it. but if they wish to have a go upstairs that's a different situation plus i have been shooting many years at targets and animals. a thief would mean LESS to me than an animal/vermin and i assure you i would not hesitate for one second.
but you can have your opinion on it, i'm just saying people are different and handle things all kinds of ways.
Good idea, it may make a bit of a mess though, unless you can get non paint filled or even better solid ammo
for it.Sure, as long as you can handle being in prison! I'm not sure shooting someone with a crossbow would hold up very well in court or even how well it would actually do. For example, I'm sure 2 people can run up stairs in less than 5 seconds.
ok, but just think how much your family is worth to you while you're in prison and his mates are outside...
Maglite 6D torch, heavy objects if you happen to come across someone while you were using it to see what was going on. I need say no more.
http://www.thetorchshop.co.uk/acatalog/Maglite_6D_cell.html
http://www.thetorchshop.co.uk/acatalog/Maglite_6D_cell.html
Mine the hallway.....with a couple of clays on the stairs to be sure....
Go take some form of self defence classes etc, where you can actually learn how to defend yourself would be my advice..
It's all very well getting a baseball bat or similar next to your bed, but don't assume you'll be able to use it effectively, it's amazing how everyone reacts differently to adrenaline etc..
And of course, when you are out and about and some scroats decide to give you some grief, you can't run home to grab your baseball bat/crossbow/nuclear deterrent..
It's all very well getting a baseball bat or similar next to your bed, but don't assume you'll be able to use it effectively, it's amazing how everyone reacts differently to adrenaline etc..
And of course, when you are out and about and some scroats decide to give you some grief, you can't run home to grab your baseball bat/crossbow/nuclear deterrent..
prison? highly doubtful i would never shoot to kill (a human) at best i would get house arrest with my record. but then again that's just a guess on the jury having some not-so-common sense.
you can be my guest and try run up my stairs in 5 seconds, bare in mind its really narrow and a bolt to the leg at that range would EASILY stop you from coming up and also knock down your "friend" or at the very least, block them long enough for a reload
like i said it's all dependent on a lot of factors and circumstances this is all speculation for random people but i know for my OWN house, it would be near impossible unless they had fire-arms of their own (again a new situation etc)
And of course, when you are out and about and some scroats decide to give you some grief, you can't run home to grab your baseball bat/crossbow/nuclear deterrent..
I don't know about you but i keep my nuclear deterrent right here
*grabs crotch*
I hurt my nuclear deterrent 
you assume i would shoot to kill, and that you know who the jury are, and what my current record is? funny.
prison? highly doubtful i would never shoot to kill (a human) at best i would get house arrest with my record. but then again that's just a guess on the jury having some not-so-common sense.
you can be my guest and try run up my stairs in 5 seconds, bare in mind its really narrow and a bolt to the leg at that range would EASILY stop you from coming up and also knock down your "friend" or at the very least, block them long enough for a reload
like i said it's all dependent on a lot of factors and circumstances this is all speculation for random people but i know for my OWN house, it would be near impossible unless they had fire-arms of their own (again a new situation etc)
So just how quickly are you going to be able to assess all of these factors at 4am in the morning after being woken up? How will you know that there aren't four huge men with weapons downstairs?
yeah and a wound to the leg can easily kill a person, as lots of chavs find out when they think sticking a little 3" blade into someone thigh is a "safe" way to stab them and it ends with the other person bleeding to death.
'cus the men with "huge weapons" will be in the bed with him...not sure if he has anyone downstairs or not though