# Someone breaks into your house with intent to do you harm. What are they met with? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 18, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-breaks-into-your-house-with-intent-to-do-you-harm-what-are-they-met-with/489954 "2009-03-18T22:46:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-breaks-into-your-house-with-intent-to-do-you-harm-what-are-they-met-with/489954/161 "2009-03-28T03:42:59Z")
A Smith and Wesson model 67 in .38 running Glaser safety rounds ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-breaks-into-your-house-with-intent-to-do-you-harm-what-are-they-met-with/489954/162 "2009-03-28T03:49:15Z")
> [@Count\_No\_Account](#): > > Anyone breaking into my condo to do me deadly harm will be met with a flurry of 9 millimeter hollow points launched from my trusty Springfield Armory XD subcompact. > > I hope it never happens, but that’s the scenario I prepare for when practicing at the firing range. The scenario I prepare for when practicing at the firing range is one shot through the heart. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-breaks-into-your-house-with-intent-to-do-you-harm-what-are-they-met-with/489954/163 "2009-03-28T21:08:28Z")
Why, the [Davy Crockett](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett_(nuclear_device)) of course. It’s the only way to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-breaks-into-your-house-with-intent-to-do-you-harm-what-are-they-met-with/489954/164 "2009-03-30T18:16:37Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > Never heard of it until I opened your link. > > However…I’m heading to a gun show in St. Charles this weekend, and the St. Louis Metro has a healthy, thriving, Eastern European population, so who knows what might turn up. > > I’ll look around and see. Cool! I’m a major Russian history buff-and while it’s very unlikely I can afford it, it’s nice to know where to hook up when I can eventually. That would probably scare the living shit out of someone. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-breaks-into-your-house-with-intent-to-do-you-harm-what-are-they-met-with/489954/165 "2009-03-30T19:17:33Z")
Sorry, **Guin.** The closest I found was a thin chunk of braided leather that wasn’t much better than a short riding crop. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-breaks-into-your-house-with-intent-to-do-you-harm-what-are-they-met-with/489954/166 "2009-03-30T20:46:04Z")
I have a sword and a didgeridoo and once they’ve heard me play the 'doo, they’ll opt for the sword. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-breaks-into-your-house-with-intent-to-do-you-harm-what-are-they-met-with/489954/167 "2009-04-01T00:30:16Z")
Well, if i can find them in time, a Colt 45 1917 revolver, a 38 Charter arms revolver , a .22 of who remembers what brand, an SKS, and an AR7. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-breaks-into-your-house-with-intent-to-do-you-harm-what-are-they-met-with/489954.md?page=8)