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Originally Posted by Anormalguy
Crompsin, thank you for your detailed post. The overall length of my .30-.30 is very close to the overall length of a shotgun with a 18.5" barrel (regular stock, not handgrip), but I would be much more comfortable using one of my hanguns. As for having a gun taken away, yes, that is a real possibility in some scenarios, but as I tell my wife, "If somebody gets close enough to grab the pistol, you waited too long to start shooting." If you're wrestling with an intruder over your firearm, you're already in deep shit, be it a handgun or a long gun.
BTW I live in a house, not a Porta Potty.
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Winchester 94? Good gun, but I wouldn't want to use a .30-30 for home defense where I live due to the "out the window" factor.
As you tell your wife, you're not Chuck Norris... most altercations between humans are very intimate (read: close range). Unless you have a good alarm system and sleep like a ninja, you will be startled and the bad guy will be startled by the time you realize exactly where each of you are and how very close. At those ranges... hand gun or long gun... you had better be in a decent firing posture.
This is assuming the bad guy isn't smart enough to retreat and that you're not smart enough to turn on the lights in your house and and be carrying a 60+ lumen flashlight for those areas that need a little illumination.
People talk about home defense like it's some kind of game show. It's YOUR house. No rules and no video-game-action-movie hero tactical-wizard bullshit. Call the cops, get the weapon, turn on the lights, move with a purpose, and secure your family.
As you tell your wife, 1. Security, 2. Accountability, 3. Communication.