Says it all.
And I like being behind them too. 
Funny, my wife thinks the Mak kicks way too much with the 95 grain load, and much more enjoys her Astra A-70 9mm smooth-like-buttah recoil. So I’d have the Makarov in hand within 5 seconds if in bed, longer if in another part of the home. If their intent to harm is not assuaged, well, I practice at 7m, because my house isn’t that big.
A 95 pound mastiff and an angry FallenAngel with pistol in hand. If they make it past the two of us to the bedroom, they get Mrs. FA with a phone connected to 911 and another pistol.
Since it’s always better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it, there’s no place in my house that you’re not within 10 feet of a firearm, and everyone is familiar with how each of them functions.
Since we live in a relatively nice neighborhood in one of the home invasion capitals of the U.S. (Just had another one a couple of blocks away 2 weeks ago), it’s just good prudence.
I have a bat in my bedroom closet and some sort of shotgun that belongs to my husband. A professional set of knives that are very sharp in the kitchen, but I’m afraid someone would use that on me instead since it is on the counter. I’d probably run with the baby. Actually I dont know, I have pepper spray somewhere here. I’ve run into questionable scary homeless men in my parking garage which is suposed to be secure so I’m more afraid of an encounter someone bad in my garage than in my home.
Best answer so far. 
Judging from the variety of answers, the OP’s question is one that very few have given serious thought to.
While swords, knives, and martial arts weapons are all interesting and can be used effectively, I think you’ll agree that an honest assessment is that the hallway or a bedroom or den full of lamps or chairs or Tripping Dogs and Legos is not the ideal place to be swinging large-ish weapons. Then again, your ceilings may be higher than mine.
An intruder intent on attacking you **will **attack. You have one swing of your bat or broadsword or whatever, and you’re in his grasp. You may have injured him, but what if he still has a knife/gun/bottle of petouli oil (ick). He’s now angrier, and on you.
If your intent is to protect yourself and your loved ones from harm, the threat must be stopped immediately, and done so from a safe distance. A crossbow may give me pause for thought, but your average intruder isn’t thinking as rationally as you and I might, and I would therefore dismiss it as a reasonable choice.
Those nice people who have some moral objection against firearms should know you have some options.
Truly, the first thing to grab while the Mrs. (or Mr.) is dialling 911 is a powerful flashlightas I mentioned before. I have 2 on the bed-side table, and they are forbidden to be used except in an emergency. The last thing I (or you) need is to grab a dim or dead light because the kids have been looking under the bed for the cat, or my wife has been trying to choose shoes in the closet without waking me up with the overhead light.:rolleyes:
A high-quality very bright light will do several things for you
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It really can blind and disable an intruder for several seconds, giving you time to gather family, make a 911 call, or even escape.
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It shows you your target. Perhaps it’s that escaped convict they were talking about on the news, or maybe it’s just Junior sneaking back in after an un-authorized evening excursion. You must know before you can take the proper action.
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It conceals you and your weapon, and even your location and distance.
This is disconcerting to the intruder, and many times has caused them to break
and run. It’s hard to attack what you can’t see or find.
The next option for the no-gun crowd is a big can of OC or pepper spray that can spray several feet. Frankly, I love the big riot-control size. nothing like fogging a couple of unsuspecting punks from the safety of your kitchen. It may seem silly to some, but what you need in any confrontation is distance and to stop the fight. It’s not permanent, it’s not lethal, and again, it gives you the option of escaping while Jed and Leroy are choking their way back out.
Another non-lethal :rolleyes: option is a Taser.
Taser sells consumer-use devicesto the public, and they can save your life.
I personally have no problem using lethal force to defend myself and my family, but if that’s not a choice you can make, I humbly suggest that you seriously consider the options given above instead of using a sword or some other foolish weapon that will only get you and your family hurt.
If they catch me in bed, my 9mm handgun is within reach.
If I can make it across the room, they’ll be met with my Browning 12 guage.
The 9mm has a round chambered and ready to go. But, not the 12g. There’s very few people who don’t recognize the sound of cycling a shotgun. Hopefully that’ll be enough - shotguns tend to make a mess of people.
My good lady wife was trained in how to use the pistolet makarova and the avtomat kalashnikova when she was in middle school. She is comfortable and competent with them, so neither of us find it needful for her to use something else.
My own memories of middle school include stuff like square dancing and “rapping” (in the 70’s sense of the word) witht the guidance counselor about whether we had anything “heavy bringing us down, man.”
I would have preferred, I think, to have gone to middle school in the USSR.
:eek:Are they loaded?:eek:
I don’t have a den. All lamps are against a wall, or on an end table, where they belong. I have neither pets or Legos. And yes, some of my answer was a bit tongue-in-cheek. I’d really never attempt to use a flail.
But the OP wasn’t asking what the absolute very best answer was; the OP asked what are people met with in their house. As such, there is no “correct” answer. It’s not a home defense/self defense debate, or planning session.
Anyone stupid enough to try a full-out over-arm or side-arm swing with this inside a typical house deserves to have it taken away from them and jammed up their ass hilt first. Rapiers are primarily thrusting weapons, not slashing. They do have an edge, and can slash, but it’s not it’s primarily intended mode of use. Even then, a slash with a properly sharpened rapier (mine is) is considerably more elegant and wieldy than a wind-up full-body slash with a broadsword intended to overcome a Medieval Knight’s shield & armor.
My firearms are locked away for two very good reasons:
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I don’t live in a neighborhood with “hot” (homeowner in the house) burglaries;
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It prevents them from being stolen (while I’m away from home working during the day) and then resold to other criminals.
I don’t plan, or intend, to use melee weaponry to defend myself or home. It’s just what I have to hand, in answer to the OP’s question, “What are they met with?”
A big pitbull/chow/husky mixed breed dog, a berreta 96 loaded with .40 call magsafe rounds, or a Colt Police Positive in .38 special also loaded with magsafe.
If they’ve gotten that far, then they’re already past the burglar bars, pointy fence and alarm system. Assuming the 2 Staffies can’t be arsed (and they usually can’t), any home invaders would be met by pepper spray.
Cowardice.
Me, cowering and holding the toddler, and my husband, who’s a nidan in two martial arts, shodan in one, and his marvelous collection of nightsticks, sai, staves, bokken, a chen, the cleaver, a longsword.
Yes, he has training in weapons. One of the nidan (second degree black belts) is in kobudo, Japanese ancient weapons, which is why we have so many wepons. His tonfa (nightsticks) and bokken are handmade for him and particularly nice.
If he’s not home, me, armed with calling the police, grabbing the kid, and getting out the ground-floor window.
I rest my case: Dogs, cats send 86,000 Americans flying annually - CNN.com
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.
Glock 9mm with 17 hollowpoint rounds. I fully expect it will never be used for home defense, but will be if necessary.
My blubbering pleas to be allowed to live.
ExTank, do you happen to know where I can get a nagaika?
(Cool weapons, btw)
Me? Probably the insane barking of a hyperactive and extremely noisy Westie. And a big back of cat shit in the face.
A Smith and Wesson 686 357 Magnum with a 4" barrel, loaded with hydroshock bullets. It’s what I bought the last time my crackhead ex-fiance showed up on my doorstep.
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.