A couple that Sandra and I ride bikes with alot, and are very good friends with, now living in Atlanta, had an actual home invasion burglary a month ago.....
So the wife goes out earlier than Carlos on her bike, before it is light out....Carlos is screwing around up on the 3rd floor, and sees someone messing with the front door...and looking like he was trying to get through the lockled door...big guy around 210 or so....Carlos gets his 357 magnum revolver, and cell phone and calls 911, asks for police immediately...says he does not want to shoot this guy, but if he gets in, he is going to shoot...2 minutes later the downstairs door bursts open, the whole door frame gives way, and the guy charges up the stairs.....Carlos is at the top of the stairs, and has the gun aimed down right at where he imagines the guy would end up if the door breaks....as the guy bursts in, Carlos already has the gun aimed , and pulls off one shot, aiming for center mass....the bullet hits the guy right in the top of the head, going through the head....a perfect kill shot !
The guy falls where he stood.
Police show up a few minutes later, and can instantly see it was a home invasion/burglary, and are very good with Carlos.
I tell him he did exactly the best thing, and should sleep like a baby after this.
While he feels this to be true also, their house has lost it's appeal for them to live in now...and they do not want to stay in Atlanta....
Moral is, a gun or speargun by the bed is a good idea.....an even better idea is that in addition, you really burglar proof all doors and windows. Make it nearly impossible for someone to break in, making it very time consuming and loud. They say the police are 5 minutes away, when you need them in 30 seconds....That's why you have the gun, AND the near burglar proof home.
Thanks for sharing. I feel safer for my family having this and I do not own a gun so I think its a good alternative. Perhaps there some who have never thought of using this as a means of protection, but the reality is that their are lot of bad people out there wanting to harm and invade our homes. Its wiser to take steps to insure your family and home are safe from these guys.