Home invasions happen all the time and you need to know how to respond.
Here are some tips if you are ever the victim of an ongoing home invasion.
Don’t Be Passive
This is the biggie. Often you hear of people who get absolutely wrecked during a home invasion and it turns out that they froze and just let the events unfold. Home invasions are chaotic scenes, but the important thing is to react – however that may be. An attacker will always go for an easy target and if the chosen victim doesn’t act like a victim, then it will give the attacker pause for concern. This is especially important towards the beginning of the conflict, as it can dictate how the would-be aggressor will proceed.
A common example is racking your shotgun behind the door – the idea being that you are letting the perpetrator know that consequences may occur if he proceeds to try to break in. The facts about whether or not you will actually escalate to deadly force is irrelevant: the perpetrator only has to hear the sound of a shotgun slide being racked to be threatened enough to go on by. He or she doesn’t know who is behind that door, and as we all know, the fear of the unknown is a significant human motivator.
Obviously, this is just an example, but the idea here is for the mindset to develop that you are not and should never act like a passive victim. Resisting will always give the perpetrator pause because ultimately everyone has something to lose – including them.
Don’t Be Naive
Going through life with the mindset that things will never happen to you is frankly a quick way to test Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection. Accepting that bad stuff can and will happen may make you a miserable git amongst your peers and possibly get you labelled as paranoid, but ultimately, the first step to moving forwards is acceptance and in this case, accepting that at some point it’s likely you will be involved in a confrontation that you did not seek out. This acknowledgement will allow you to move from the “frozen in fear” state to doing something pro-active.
As most men know from childhood, the fear of physical conflict is far more intimidating than the end result. I only got over my fear of being put in a position where I may get injured by being in a fight and realising – you know what? I can heal from this. Human beings, whilst being soft, squishy meat bags, are surprisingly resilient. Avoiding conflict will just lead to more conflict, but with the downside of the situation being wholly out of your control. Don’t be naive and think you can walk away from all problems.
Don’t Underestimate
Criminals are not dumb, they are just driven by motivations that broader society considers immoral. We have to accept that and work our mindsets within those parameters. Yes, stupid criminals do exist but underestimating them could result in a painful lesson. I always react to perceived threats wearily, knowing how quickly things can go south in this crazy world we live in.
Time to process what is happening is the single most valuable thing you have. Robberies and attacks tend to happen at blitz speed because criminals know that if you got your bearings together, you may be more comfortable reacting offensively.
No criminal is going to give you a heads up that he is about to commit a crime because it would take away his (or her) major advantage. My single biggest piece of advice would be to never underestimate human stupidity and capacity for maliciousness.
Underestimating is dangerous because it implies that people are predictable, that you can quantify what can and will happen, and that’s a certain recipe for disaster.
The best case example of what would happen after a major survival incident, particularly if the carnage is severe and the impact long-term is Hurricane Katrina and the looting and robbing that went on until the law was restored.
In that horrific scenario, the innocent and unprepared became prey for the ruthless.
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Keep an empty safe with a bag of coins in it as a dummy and put your valuables in a sock buried in with your potatoes ( example only ) lol
At first I thought this was a guide for burglars.
Here’s a Home Invader being treated like a victim in a liberal rag Mississippi FB Group. He broke into a cop’s family members home. They were able to hide and call the cop and he came over and saved them. This is what appeared in the liberal rag. Notice that they don’t mention anywhere that this was a home invasion and that he took the beating from the occupants acting in self-defense. The group founder keeps calling him a “victim” and deletes any facts folks bring up. If you like liberal rags, sign up and speak your mind.
1.shoot until the threat is gone. 2. Have a good bonfire because the cops are useless and will treat you as a criminal for defending yourself. 3 go back to bed.
Racking the slide on a pump shot gun to WARN THE HOME INVADERS is one of the dumbest ideas out there.HEY,I KNOW…LETS GIVE AWAY YOUR POSITION AND ANNOUNCE YOU ARE ARMED!If you can shoot thru a door/doorway,please explain why they cant!
Why is he still breathing???
Why is he still breathing??
Always keep one in the chamber!
Always a 45 by my side!
Why is he still breathing?
They keep talking down my post ! Why is he still breathing!
He wouldn’t have been if he had kicked the door in on my home (and I had been there). We’re allowed to use lethal force against attackers/home invaders here in Mississippi.
Never let the invader leave alie
NEVER make any statements. Get a lawyer
3 things to do, shoot 1st, clean blood with peroxide and wrap the body in plastic, dump the body in a large body of water with a cement brick tied to it.
3 things to do: #1 Shoot him in the chest #2 Shoot him in the chest #3 Shoot him in the head.
Rock salt. 12.gauge.
1. Rack round into chamber
2. Scan for threat. Make positive i.d.
3. Illuminate threat with tac light.
4. Aim for c.o.m. and double-tap.
5. Continue number 4 till threat is neutralized.
Use a revolver. Don’t want to loose any casings. Avoid the paper work
Your advise could get someone killed. You should have a gun on hand and know how to use it. If someone comes in on you and gets the upper hand you will be raped, tortured and quite possibly killed. If you can identify them to the police , they, more than likely won’t leave you alive. Your best hope is to stop them before they gain the upper hand.
No head shots- head shots show intent and you can be held liable- com x3 , wait 15 minutes and then call 911
Get a Shogun and you won’t have to shoot but once.
Heres what i do…safety on 24,7 1 in chamber, be quiet, sleeps in bed with me or right next to it.
The first thing you should never do is be unarmed. The second is be untrained. The third is hesitate to shoot in defense.
I am always locked and loaded and ready to vaporize any threat
I generally agree with this 3 list, the best advantage is a force multiplier and proper training, but these are indeed 3 concepts to take into consideration when dealing with a threat, home invasion or otherwise.
I dont care how big of a gun you own, if you arent mentally prepared to use it effectively then its not gonna help much.
Hell no, “00” buck.
The best offense is a good defense.
Don’t get excited. Lay and wait… let the prey come to you.
Knock knock…. who’s there…: glock glock glock I’m sorry who the$#%&!@*did you think you were breaking into my house mr Glock was probably not the welcome mat you were expecting and home invasion is no joke do it and you may die…. this message brought to you by your national council for Americans who refuse to live in their own homes in fear!
Hmmm? If they get past the purdy green dot. I’ll be impressed.