Protecting Yourself and Your Home with a Handgun

One adult is in charge of grabbing a weapon usually a loaded gun and holding off the attackers, while the other adult must rush in and gather all the children and lead them to the safe room, where that adult will lock the room down and immediately call for help. What is a safe room? It can be any room, but generally it will be a closet or bathroom with no windows, a special steel security door that you have installed , a reinforced, heavy - duty door frame and three separate deadbolt locks spaced evenly apart.

Inside that safe room, you should have a second weapon locked up in a gun locker. You should have a cellphone you never remove from that room and a flashlight. Outside the safe room, as the home invaders begin to move throughout the house looking for you and your family, the adult armed with the handgun should stay back, close to the safe room and away from any open areas.

From a protected position, behind a wall if possible, the armed adult will train his or her gun down the hallway as he or she waits for the attackers to come down that hallway, what's called "the fatal funnel. Don't venture out into your home's open areas where you will be wide open; stay hidden down that hallway. Experts say to let the invaders walk right into that confined space, where they become the perfect target.

Shoot them all, because this is survival for you. Channel 2 experts say you have to improvise your weaponry. That's because the fire extinguisher is easy to use. You will hit what you aim at, and it will both stun and blind your attackers with fire retardant. An additional bonus is that your attackers will not be able to breathe after being hit in the face with the chemical agent inside. Remember, with a gun or without, experts say your entire job is simply to survive for the first 15 minutes.

Get your children to the safe room Secure safe room and call Stop or hold off the attackers with a weapon Wait for the police to arrive One more point security experts stress is to make sure you know how to handle a gun safely if you are going to keep one in your house.

Months of fear and anxiety followed. The world has changed since then, and people have every reason to fear that some drug-crazed individual may enter their home and relieve them of the burden of existence to steal their big screen TV and pawn it for their next fix. It is a time when people who otherwise have not considered having a firearm in the home for personal protection find themselves wondering if they should consider it.

For hunters, shooters, military and law enforcement — folks who use firearms as a matter of course — it is built into their lifestyle.

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The world has driven many people to learn the nuances of using deadly force in their home. That is not normal for those who aren't gun people or haven't had that life experience.

Many have no idea how to start a home security program that involves a firearm. I'll assume we can all agree that every person has the right to be safe in their home and the right to protect themselves if they are threatened.

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Even so, I am not going to suggest you run out and buy a gun. It isn't a good choice for everyone and it would be disingenuous to suggest it is. So, first, some questions to ask yourself. Do you have children and if you do, can you, to a mortal degree of certainty, secure the gun from the curiosity that all children possess while still being able to access it quickly should things go bad? It is a serious question and perhaps the most difficult problem to solve.

Here's what won't work — hiding the gun or putting the gun up high where you think they can't reach it. They'll find it, or they'll figure out how to climb to it.

Separating the magazine of a semi-auto pistol from the gun won't work either. Again, they'll find both, and they'll figure out how the two go together. Underestimating the resourcefulness of children manifests itself in many ways, and you can't afford for that to happen. These are perhaps the best compromise between safety and rapid access. Some will suggest that you simply raise kids right and teach them to use guns and how to handle them safely. A fair argument against a home-protection firearm is that it's more likely to harm a member of the household than anyone else.

This is a bit of an exaggeration as most of the statistics on this include suicide, the predominant way the gun is used to harm the resident. But there are still incidents, most involving children, where the gun in the home has been used to harm members of the household through negligent ownership. Are you willing to take steps to ensure that does not happen?

Do you have a plan for what the children are supposed to do when something goes wrong? Imagine your child running out in panic and getting between you and an assailant. If you don't have children or believe you can solve the access issue, consider this: Am I capable of harming another person to protect myself and my family?

Shooting a pistol, even at conversational distances, requires practice. Are you willing to put in the time and spend the money necessary to learn to shoot quickly and accurately? Are you willing to get some basic instruction in how one goes about responding to threats, gun in hand? If you do shoot someone in your home, have you thought about the legal and moral issues that follow? Do you have next-door neighbors, such as in apartment complexes, condos, or close-lot subdivisions?

If so, the concept of a bullet penetrating your walls and hitting an innocent person should be considered. Have you studied the law and do you understand your legal rights to use deadly force in defense of yourself or your family? Some of these things are simple, but you don't want to be thinking about them when things go bad. Distraction can cost you your life. More important than perhaps any single thing regarding arming yourself for personal defense is your mindset.

Most folks have never been, and will never be, in a circumstance where another person threatens their life. The concept is often glorified in motion pictures and other media even though it is anything but glorious. If it happens, it will be very fast, very violent and a successful outcome depends on the ability to keep a cool head and respond accordingly. You must believe that you will win.

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