Peter, by the time your trembling fingers opened your gun safe cemented into the floor of some room too far to get to in your home invasion (I don't think they yell, 'here we come, ready or not') you will be dead on the floor! John
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At least get a shotgun (Plugs' favorite). Alternate the load with slugs, and 00 buck (in case you need to stop a vehicle). And a high powered bolt gun with a scope. Savage 300 win mag, etc. (in case you need to bring down a helicopter). Hopefully, they don't shoot the Mailman by accident.
This'll be interesting....watch this space: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-04/ohion-grants-teachers-permission-for-arms-in-schools/101126238
Its easy to talk about what you would or wouldn't do in an home invasion situation, or any situation that involves a high level of violence. Being woken in the middle of the night from a sound sleep, you spring out of bed your heart rate is way up straight away, and you realise there is somebody and his mates or more in your house, your not sure. You have to get the gun, load it, all in the dark, all the while you can hear them breaking the window or doors ransacking the place, your kids are in the next room and your wife is still asleep oblivious to it all, and you are calmly going to just walk down the hall and return fire while they are doing the same but missing you and putting some holes in your favourite Burago models. All this without making a sound, so as not to alert them as what your about to unleash. Dodge the lego bricks with your bare feet, and don't stand on the talking dolly or squeaky toy. It ain't no movie and timing your actions is in seconds not minutes. And then your going to reach a decision looking down the sights of your Beretta at their chest area. Because that's what the instructor taught you, three rounds if you can please. Am I going to kill this person? Because then there is only one version of events, when the cops get here, right. Then you find out your aim is true and you've drilled him in the left ventricle, he goes down, the others do a runner and wife is now on the scene complaining about the noise and how she now has to try and clean the 2 .5 litres of "O" negative spreading out on the kitchen floor and you've woken the kids with that damn gun of yours and now they are scared, and you should have shot him in the leg because now the kitchen looks like a scene from braveheart. Any takers??
I'd keep it loaded and in reach at all times. Otherwise, what's the point? Sig www.pless.com.au/mechanics.htm
No JM From personal experience. Two salty dudes tried to break into where i was living years ago, smashed the window right next to our bed and i had to knuckle on. The boss woke up after it was all over!!