Quote:
|
Originally Posted by funydjane
Do none of you realise bringing a weapon makes you much more likely to get hurt? What possessions are worth getting killed over?
|
Sure, I understand your opinion.
Too bad criminals often carry weapons (blunt instruments, knives, guns) or operate in groups when breaking into homes that may be occupied (purpose of this thread).
I did the math and it turns out bringing your just your fists to a gunfight doesn't end well most of the time outside of Jet Li movies.
No item is worth getting killed over, but sitting idly by and letting someone pillage your house when you could (first call the cops) scare them off with either a warning or a confrontation is a little cowardly. I'm a male dinosaur and as a male dinosaur I feel it is my duty to protect my wife and children even at the risk of my own life.
Home Invasion Philosophy:
My family is in this house I've worked my whole life to pay for... I'll be damned if I cower under the bed like a sissy bitch and let some punk kid damage it until the cops show up. I won't take any chance of them coming upstairs and hurting my loved ones or myself. I will make the first move in an environment with which I am very familiar, my own home. I will have the element of dynamic surprise on my side. I will be slow and purposeful and have an offensive defense. I do not want to hurt anybody, but I will if I must.
...
Hey, we can all talk about the odds that it'll never happen, sure, but if it ever DID happen... I doubt shuffle-stepping, ninja-wishing, or praying will do much.