As far as I see it you have two choices, stand your ground or retreat. And sadly I live in a state where I am required to retreat if possible. In a few years when I retire I will move to a state where I can stand my ground.
A few years ago here in Austin a man broke into a house. The homeowner saw him coming in through the front window. He grabbed his Glock 9mm and emptied the 13 round clip, hitting the guy 12 times. The next day a reporter at the scene asked the police lieutenant if he thought that firing all 13 rounds was excessive.
And the cop said, “Nope”.
This was a popular motto some years ago when as a much younger man made sense when solving “conflict resolution”.
Hasn’t lost its luster in my opinion. Threaten the wrong man and his family or break into his home, doesn’t matter who the ■■■■ they are, they’re getting greased.
A “home defender” w/ 7 rounds of 12 GUAGE .00
and a 1911 w/ 7 stacked and 2-3 magazines ready should put a dent in a pain in the ass mob while I reload that 12 GUAGE doncha think?
First of all. Conservatives are horrible at this. They have proved countless times that they can take a punch. What they have not shown is a willingness to defend themselves. They have little courage. They don’t fight back. They cower. It’s embarrassing.
What would I do? Nobody is coming to my upper middle class red neighborhood. But if they did. I would sit in a lawn chair with my 10 shot .22 rifle in my lap. Why a .22? Because it can be used to wound without being deadly. If would be my choice to make it deadly. It anyone enters my property, I ask them to leave. If they refuse, I physically eject them. If they move on me in a group, I shoot the first one in the shoulder and see what happens next. That is how I picture it. In reality? Who knows?