Best home defense weapon?
07-04-2011, 09:07 PM
#21
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,482
I'm partial to scatterguns myself. If I was going up against an enemy at close range, the weapon I would fear the most would be a 12 gauge full of buckshot, close second would be a semi-auto carbine. However, I'm worried about the limited space and close quarters here. I'm really thinking that a pistol would work better in my current situation. Also, it is an excuse to buy a new weapon 
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07-05-2011, 06:30 AM
#22
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 306
Check these out. The option of using both types of ammo.
http://www.taurususa.com/gun-selecto....cfm?series=41
If you want to defend your home.....use rubber ammo with which ever weapon you choose !
If you want a mess and possible prosecution for killing someone[ VERY POSSIBLE ] then use real ammo.Your choice !
http://www.taurususa.com/gun-selecto....cfm?series=41
If you want to defend your home.....use rubber ammo with which ever weapon you choose !
If you want a mess and possible prosecution for killing someone[ VERY POSSIBLE ] then use real ammo.Your choice !
07-05-2011, 10:12 AM
#23
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 970
I'm not familiar with Illinois law in regards to self defense. They do have statutes that reference it, but handgunlaw.us doesn't have a link to them.
Most states have a justifiable defense law that makes them immune to all prosecution if the shooting was deemed justified. That means no civil or criminal charges can be filed.
I would not listen to Dog Killer's advice. Many of the criminals around here are drug addicts that can be hopped up on some serious things, or need a fix so badly they don't feel pain because they need their fix that bad. You want to incapacitate them in the most efficient manner you can. It's your life that may be on the line, and do you want to rely on strictly non-lethal measures to keep it? I wouldn't go that route.
Hopefully you never need to defend yourself, but if the time comes you need to be as prepared as you can be to survive. Do you want to let the criminals dictate your actions, or do you want to have the say in the most crucial moment of your life? Answer that, and you will have the path to follow.
Most states have a justifiable defense law that makes them immune to all prosecution if the shooting was deemed justified. That means no civil or criminal charges can be filed.
I would not listen to Dog Killer's advice. Many of the criminals around here are drug addicts that can be hopped up on some serious things, or need a fix so badly they don't feel pain because they need their fix that bad. You want to incapacitate them in the most efficient manner you can. It's your life that may be on the line, and do you want to rely on strictly non-lethal measures to keep it? I wouldn't go that route.
Hopefully you never need to defend yourself, but if the time comes you need to be as prepared as you can be to survive. Do you want to let the criminals dictate your actions, or do you want to have the say in the most crucial moment of your life? Answer that, and you will have the path to follow.
07-05-2011, 04:47 PM
#24
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 306
I'm not familiar with Illinois law in regards to self defense. They do have statutes that reference it, but handgunlaw.us doesn't have a link to them.
Most states have a justifiable defense law that makes them immune to all prosecution if the shooting was deemed justified. That means no civil or criminal charges can be filed.
I would not listen to Dog Killer's advice. Many of the criminals around here are drug addicts that can be hopped up on some serious things, or need a fix so badly they don't feel pain because they need their fix that bad. You want to incapacitate them in the most efficient manner you can. It's your life that may be on the line, and do you want to rely on strictly non-lethal measures to keep it? I wouldn't go that route.
Hopefully you never need to defend yourself, but if the time comes you need to be as prepared as you can be to survive. Do you want to let the criminals dictate your actions, or do you want to have the say in the most crucial moment of your life? Answer that, and you will have the path to follow.
Most states have a justifiable defense law that makes them immune to all prosecution if the shooting was deemed justified. That means no civil or criminal charges can be filed.
I would not listen to Dog Killer's advice. Many of the criminals around here are drug addicts that can be hopped up on some serious things, or need a fix so badly they don't feel pain because they need their fix that bad. You want to incapacitate them in the most efficient manner you can. It's your life that may be on the line, and do you want to rely on strictly non-lethal measures to keep it? I wouldn't go that route.
Hopefully you never need to defend yourself, but if the time comes you need to be as prepared as you can be to survive. Do you want to let the criminals dictate your actions, or do you want to have the say in the most crucial moment of your life? Answer that, and you will have the path to follow.
07-05-2011, 08:34 PM
#25
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Huntin' In Colorado
Posts: 2,910
Check these out. The option of using both types of ammo.
http://www.taurususa.com/gun-selecto....cfm?series=41
If you want to defend your home.....use rubber ammo with which ever weapon you choose !
If you want a mess and possible prosecution for killing someone[ VERY POSSIBLE ] then use real ammo.Your choice !
http://www.taurususa.com/gun-selecto....cfm?series=41
If you want to defend your home.....use rubber ammo with which ever weapon you choose !
If you want a mess and possible prosecution for killing someone[ VERY POSSIBLE ] then use real ammo.Your choice !
If they are a threat to you or your family, smoke 'em. Rubber bullets are not for the real deal.
Last edited by Colorado Luckydog; 07-05-2011 at 08:38 PM.
07-06-2011, 02:13 AM
#27
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 970
I'd rather risk hurting others with lethal measures and kill any criminals attacking me in my home. If I didn't at least try to stop them I could not live with myself. Anyone they hurt after I surrendered without taking action would be blood on my hands. That would haunt me to my grave.
Non-lethal measures are for those who are out in public (depending on the situation), or are LEOs. In your home, you have to decide what your life means to you, and how much you care about those who know you.
Sometimes you have to make hard decisions and live with the consequences. People who are assaulting you in your own home are not normal people, they are animals. Animals that prey on the weak. God gave us free will, and some people make bad choices, choices that cause us to need to protect ourselves against them.
Non-lethal measures are for those who are out in public (depending on the situation), or are LEOs. In your home, you have to decide what your life means to you, and how much you care about those who know you.
Sometimes you have to make hard decisions and live with the consequences. People who are assaulting you in your own home are not normal people, they are animals. Animals that prey on the weak. God gave us free will, and some people make bad choices, choices that cause us to need to protect ourselves against them.
07-06-2011, 08:24 AM
#29
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: central and east texas
Posts: 4,894
I would not listen to Dog Killer's advice. Many of the criminals around here are drug addicts that can be hopped up on some serious things, or need a fix so badly they don't feel pain because they need their fix that bad. You want to incapacitate them in the most efficient manner you can. It's your life that may be on the line, and do you want to rely on strictly non-lethal measures to keep it? I wouldn't go that route
07-06-2011, 04:08 PM
#30
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 5,425
Break into my house and I dang sure won't be shooting rubber bullets at you...
Your first responsibility is to save your butt and your family's...Hopefully no one else
gets hurt...I just don't read many articles about folks living in the next apartment being
killed by someone defending themselves...Maybe you guys can enlighten me and let me know how many citizens were killed last year by bullets coming through the wall from their neighbors defending themselves...
Depending upon which room or part of the house I'm in I have a .44 Mag, .357 Mag, .40 S&W or a few 12 gauges...
Your first responsibility is to save your butt and your family's...Hopefully no one else
gets hurt...I just don't read many articles about folks living in the next apartment being
killed by someone defending themselves...Maybe you guys can enlighten me and let me know how many citizens were killed last year by bullets coming through the wall from their neighbors defending themselves...
Depending upon which room or part of the house I'm in I have a .44 Mag, .357 Mag, .40 S&W or a few 12 gauges...