Donate Bitcoin

Donate Paypal


PeakOil is You

PeakOil is You

If I broke into your home in the middle of the night

What's on your mind?
General interest discussions, not necessarily related to depletion.

If I broke into your home in the middle of the night

Unread postby ZombieHordeLeader » Tue 25 Sep 2007, 21:21:59

If I broke into your home in the middle of the night And attacked you while you lay in bed, What weapon would you have within arms reach to defend yourself?
User avatar
ZombieHordeLeader
Wood
Wood
 
Posts: 11
Joined: Sat 22 Sep 2007, 03:00:00

Re: If I broke into your home in the middle of the night

Unread postby seahorse » Tue 25 Sep 2007, 21:24:54

What makes you so sure you would make it to my bed?
User avatar
seahorse
Expert
Expert
 
Posts: 2275
Joined: Fri 15 Oct 2004, 03:00:00
Location: Arkansas

Re: If I broke into your home in the middle of the night

Unread postby OilIsMastery » Tue 25 Sep 2007, 21:30:01

No brainer. The Sword of a Thousand Truths.
User avatar
OilIsMastery
Tar Sands
Tar Sands
 
Posts: 507
Joined: Wed 11 Jul 2007, 03:00:00
Location: Manhattan - U.N. Occupied

Re: If I broke into your home in the middle of the night

Unread postby ZombieHordeLeader » Tue 25 Sep 2007, 21:30:53

What makes you so sure I would not? Assume all other defenses have failed and it is me vs. you and whatever weapon you can grab near your bed.
User avatar
ZombieHordeLeader
Wood
Wood
 
Posts: 11
Joined: Sat 22 Sep 2007, 03:00:00

Re: If I broke into your home in the middle of the night

Unread postby roccman » Tue 25 Sep 2007, 21:43:17

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ZombieHordeLeader', 'A')nd attacked you while you lay in bed, What weapon would you have within arms reach to defend yourself?

Zues (85lb GS), Hercules (85lb Pit) and Lexie (125lb Rott)
"There must be a bogeyman; there always is, and it cannot be something as esoteric as "resource depletion." You can't go to war with that." Emersonbiggins
User avatar
roccman
Light Sweet Crude
Light Sweet Crude
 
Posts: 4065
Joined: Fri 27 Apr 2007, 03:00:00
Location: The Great Sonoran Desert

Re: If I broke into your home in the middle of the night

Unread postby SinisterBlueCat » Tue 25 Sep 2007, 21:44:43

that is an excellent question!
Last edited by SinisterBlueCat on Tue 25 Sep 2007, 23:16:05, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
SinisterBlueCat
Tar Sands
Tar Sands
 
Posts: 885
Joined: Tue 06 Sep 2005, 03:00:00

Re: If I broke into your home in the middle of the night

Unread postby threadbear » Tue 25 Sep 2007, 21:48:50

My dog. She's innocent looking but a very protective 22 lbs of furry fury, if we're threatened.
User avatar
threadbear
Expert
Expert
 
Posts: 7577
Joined: Sat 22 Jan 2005, 04:00:00

Re: If I broke into your home in the middle of the night

Unread postby MD » Tue 25 Sep 2007, 21:50:38

If you hear a "click" in the dark, be afraid.
Stop filling dumpsters, as much as you possibly can, and everything will get better.

Just think it through.
It's not hard to do.
User avatar
MD
COB
COB
 
Posts: 4953
Joined: Mon 02 May 2005, 03:00:00
Location: On the ball

Re: If I broke into your home in the middle of the night

Unread postby Lore » Tue 25 Sep 2007, 21:55:29

What if I ignite a fart in your direction, nothing, and I mean nothing can survive that methane blast. True, many thousands of innocent people will be hurt, but we are talking about personal survival here, right?
The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
... Theodore Roosevelt
User avatar
Lore
Fission
Fission
 
Posts: 9021
Joined: Fri 26 Aug 2005, 03:00:00
Location: Fear Of A Blank Planet

Re: If I broke into your home in the middle of the night

Unread postby wisconsin_cur » Tue 25 Sep 2007, 21:56:32

I also have to disagree with the premise. You would not make it that far. Esp after the SHTF. At night the house will be sealed up without anyway for someone on the outside to see where I am on the inside. You would have to expose yourself as you bash through the locks (read the galvanized steel pipe which keeps the door in place).

I have yet to know a perp that likes to be that exposed.
http://www.thenewfederalistpapers.com
User avatar
wisconsin_cur
Light Sweet Crude
Light Sweet Crude
 
Posts: 4576
Joined: Thu 10 May 2007, 03:00:00
Location: 45 degrees North. 883 feet above sealevel.

Re: If I broke into your home in the middle of the night

Unread postby Daculling » Tue 25 Sep 2007, 21:58:57

I would push you to the ground and say "do you want to play the rape game"? If you resisted I would beat you unconscious and then shoot you with my 45.
Daculling
Heavy Crude
Heavy Crude
 
Posts: 1228
Joined: Tue 12 Apr 2005, 03:00:00

Re: If I broke into your home in the middle of the night

Unread postby ZombieHordeLeader » Tue 25 Sep 2007, 21:59:08

Roccman's three dogs might buy him enough time to grab a weapon and take cover. If all you have is a 22 lb fur ball, you are in trouble. Dogs are an okay first line of defense, but I would want a weapon in my hands.
User avatar
ZombieHordeLeader
Wood
Wood
 
Posts: 11
Joined: Sat 22 Sep 2007, 03:00:00

Re: If I broke into your home in the middle of the night

Unread postby threadbear » Tue 25 Sep 2007, 22:44:26

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lore', 'W')hat if I ignite a fart in your direction, nothing, and I mean nothing can survive that methane blast. True, many thousands of innocent people will be hurt, but we are talking about personal survival here, right?

You shouldn't joke around about collateral exploding fart damage. Have you seen the photos of little children missing fingers and toes, after a chili and beer fest? Likely not....
User avatar
threadbear
Expert
Expert
 
Posts: 7577
Joined: Sat 22 Jan 2005, 04:00:00

Re: If I broke into your home in the middle of the night

Unread postby threadbear » Tue 25 Sep 2007, 22:46:49

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ZombieHordeLeader', 'R')occman's three dogs might buy him enough time to grab a weapon and take cover. If all you have is a 22 lb fur ball, you are in trouble. Dogs are an okay first line of defense, but I would want a weapon in my hands.

Ah yes...the lethal weapon. I would tell him a joke so funny, he'd die laughing. :lol:
User avatar
threadbear
Expert
Expert
 
Posts: 7577
Joined: Sat 22 Jan 2005, 04:00:00

Re: If I broke into your home in the middle of the night

Unread postby Eli » Tue 25 Sep 2007, 23:02:33

I have an alarm that I set every night.

I doubt anyone would hang around with that thing going off and if someone did then they would be greeted with the business end of a riot shotgun. That or a Springfield Xd 45, one hell of a handgun if you have the means do get one.
User avatar
Eli
Intermediate Crude
Intermediate Crude
 
Posts: 3709
Joined: Sat 18 Jun 2005, 03:00:00
Location: In a van down by the river

Re: If I broke into your home in the middle of the night

Unread postby gnm » Tue 25 Sep 2007, 23:06:39

I would be awake before you even got to the house... Its very quiet out here and the dogs would be on to you in a minute (I've tested this theory) So basically you would hear a "kachunk" and "freeze asshole" from behind a random tree - if you try something then you take a 1oz slug from a 12 gauge...

:-D

-G
Last edited by gnm on Tue 25 Sep 2007, 23:07:46, edited 1 time in total.
gnm
 

Re: If I broke into your home in the middle of the night

Unread postby roccman » Tue 25 Sep 2007, 23:07:28

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Eli', 'I') have an alarm that I set every night. I doubt anyone would hang around with that thing going off and if someone did then they would be greeted with the business end of a riot shotgun. That or a Springfield Xd 45, one hell of a handgun if you have the means do get one.

Image
Holy hell!!! 14 rounds...$600...30 oz...5" Tac barrel... Pure beast...NICE!!!
"There must be a bogeyman; there always is, and it cannot be something as esoteric as "resource depletion." You can't go to war with that." Emersonbiggins
User avatar
roccman
Light Sweet Crude
Light Sweet Crude
 
Posts: 4065
Joined: Fri 27 Apr 2007, 03:00:00
Location: The Great Sonoran Desert

Re: If I broke into your home in the middle of the night

Unread postby jdumars » Tue 25 Sep 2007, 23:17:50

If you managed to make it all the way into the bedroom, you'd meet my little friend the Firestar 9MM high capacity loaded with alternating rounds of Red Dot and snake shot. I would not want to get in front of either of those loads. It's parked in such a way that I could get it in the dark in less than 2 seconds, and practice doing so from time to time.

Oh. And I am a light sleeper.
User avatar
jdumars
Coal
Coal
 
Posts: 438
Joined: Sat 02 Apr 2005, 04:00:00
Location: Portland, Oregon

Next

Return to Open Topic Discussion

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests

cron