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Ban of firearms is pretty important to avoid people of getting false impression that they can defend with a puny gun.

Some have no clue and think pretty highly of themselves just because they have a shotgun tucked under their bed.

Not allowing such people to get that shotgun in the first place is actually better than explaining to them how useless this weapon is in their hands, as we see on an obvious example.

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Defend with a puny gun?

So the criminals are going to use artillery or something?

If a shotgun doesn't work, use more gun.

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Well smithey, for the sake of completeness, let's assume you've travelled back in time to that exact same moment. However, I may or may not have replaced your dad with an actual knife carrying burglar. But one more twist, you can choose exactly what item you want, in stead of the gun. Now what would you choose? (I don't think this is an easy question and I don't know if there, today, exist an item, where you'll be safe, without having to put those you love into risk).

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I would choose a machete I guess

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I would choose a machete I guess

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Just a heads up, you are more likely to cut your own arm off with a machete than to use it against someone else (unless you have like Gurkha training)

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I would like to add, that I think if someone really really intends on killing you, he won't sneak into your house or anything like that.

I imagine, if he absolutely has to hit, while you're in your house, that he'll either:
a) Fire a good amount of homemade bombs into it (from safe distance), burning it down and luring on the outside, should you happen to run out, snipe you.
b) Remote control a truck into your house which he has tampered with, so it's basicly a moving bomb he can detonate from afar.
c) Simply snipe you whenever you are at your window.

It of course depends on what kind of area you live in. But really, if someone was out to get you, a gun is not worth anything at all, unless you actually went outside after "them" first, without even knowing who "them" are, or where to look for "them".

However, I think it'd be stupid to target you, while you're in your house. After all, you've all possibilities to set up decoys, traps, false positives, etc. It's about having home ground, as I see it, so it's more likely such a person would wait for you, to go where they want you to be, knowing for certain they've the right target, etc.

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1. Do you have a little hit list/book ?
2. Am I on it ?
3. How far from Prague are you next week ?

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CCTV:Feb 05/09.Tucson,Arizona,A homeowner, alerted of an impending home invasion by his security cameras, arms himself and takes matters into his hands last Thursday when four armed suspects attempt to break into his home.

The video the owner caught is incredible. You see a vehicle pull up, and four men run out. One of them is carrying what appears to be an AR-15 or M-16, a weapon which could be fully automatic.

The robbery happened last Thursday in broad daylight at a home on West Vande Loo Street. All the action was caught by the homeowners outdoor surveillance system.

"The victim was able to get back inside his house, close his door, semi barricade it, reach for [a] weapon that was easily accessible," says Pima County Sheriff's Deputy Earl Gieron.

The homeowner shot at the suspects. He even put a bullet through the windshield of the suspects car, which is also caught on camera. The four men retreated and took off. All of them remain on the run.

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HOUSTON – The tables were turned Thursday on a group of suspects who held a woman at gunpoint during a southeast Houston home invasion, according to Houston police.

Police said two men and one woman approached a unit in the Broadway Square Apartments located in the 8600 block of Broadway around 10:45 p.m. A man and a woman were home at the time.

The female suspect knocked on the door, then hid from view. The woman inside the home said she looked out the peep hole first, but after not seeing anyone, opened the door to look outside.

That is when one of the suspects, 33-year-old Miguel Antonio Valencia-Mejia, pushed his way into the residence, grabbed the woman’s hair and pointed a pistol at her head.

The woman’s boyfriend heard the commotion and retrieved his shotgun.

He rushed out of the bedroom and opened fire.

Valencia-Mejia was shot and died by the front door. The other two suspects fled the scene.

Police said no charges have been filed against the residents.

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Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives are investigating an incident during which a burglar was shot and killed by a resident in East Islip early this morning.  

Three men, one armed with a .22 caliber rifle, forcibly entered through a rear door at 60 East Adams St. at 12:19 a.m. Once inside the home, the armed man shot a dog. A male resident of the home, armed with a shotgun, confronted the men and shot two of them. The third man fled the scene.  

One man, who has yet to be identified, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner. The second suspect, Justin Benkov, 25, of 221 Patchogue Ave., Mastic, was transported to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore where he is listed in critical condition. Benkov will be charged on an active warrant for Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 4th Degree.  

The man who fled the scene, Philipe Robinette, 27, of 4778 Sound Ave., Aquebogue, was located a short time late by Third Precinct Sergeant Paul Bowden. Robinette is charged with Burglary 1 st Degree. He will be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip tomorrow.   The dog, a pit bull, is expected to survive.  

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A homeowner turned the tables on three fake FBI agents attempting a home invasion in Cooper City, Fla. Broward County deputies compared their poor attempt to the antics of The Three Stooges.

Just after 4 a.m. on July 12, three men were captured on surveillance video as they pulled into the driveway of a home in the 5000 block of SW 104 Avenue.

Two of the men went to the front door and the third waited with the vehicle and acted as a lookout.

The two at the front door attempt to use a crow bar to pry open the front door. When that didn't work, they tried to get in through the front window.

They were stopped in their tracks when the homeowner fired his .40-caliber pistol through the window at the crooks.

The suspects barely made it to the getaway car before the driver took off.

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PEORIA, Ariz. -- A west Valley homeowner shot a man trying to break into his home and rob him.

"I didn't shoot to take the man's life," said John Kallas, a Vietnam veteran. "I only shot to protect myself."

Kallas said the 18-year-old intruder, later identified as Jason J. Rodriguez, 18, ignored his warnings to stop at the door.

"Then again I warned him," Kallas said. "He didn't comply. I fired my pistol."

The incident occurred early Thursday near 85th Avenue and Olive in Peoria.

Kallas, 62, said he aimed the gun at the intruder's right shoulder and then held him until police arrived.

"I hoped I'd never have to use it but I did have it for protection," he said.

Officers said they found the burglar's getaway car still parked outside with the engine running.

"It looks like he thought it was going to be an easy score for him," said Mike Tellef, Peoria Police Department spokesman.

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